Super Robot Wars Alpha Clash: Book 1

by Ryoga316

Based on the popular video game series, Mazinger Z, Gundam, Evangelion, Macross and other robot heroes team-up to save the universe!

3. Pilder On! The Assault of Count Brocken!

Super Robot Wars Alpha Clash: Book 1

A Super Robot Wars Fan Fiction Series by Ryoga316

COPYRIGHT NOTICE:

The following is entirely a fan fiction story of Super Robot Wars and is not in any way related to the actual Super Robot Wars story. Any reference or inference to any other copyrighted work is used for the same purpose. Super Robot Wars and its characters are copyright Banpresto and their respective owners. The original characters used in this fan fiction are copyright Ryoga316. Comments and Suggestions are welcomed at kaiser_reinhardt@yahoo.com.

NOTES: This is a revised version of the original fanfic. If you wish to view the fanfic in its original format, you may request it via my e-mail and I would be happy to send it to you.

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Chapter 2:

"Pilder On! The Assault of Count Brocken!"

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Part 1

As told in Lt. Irmgardt Kazahara's report log:

"Entry No. 1908: Time passed by after we left the city in Hokkaido and headed for the Photo-Atomic Power Laboratory. We reached the military airport where the Medea transport plane that delivered us to the battlefield has finished refueling and is ready for take-off. After our damaged Gespenst units and the Grungust Type II docked inside the Medea, we departed the airport and headed for the research institute, which is located near Mt. Fuji. My partner, Lt. Daiken Crowe, and the young Grungust pilot named Ryoga Kazehino, remained inside the cockpit of our respective units. While we were on our way to our destination, I've decided to open my transmission and chat with the boy.

"So, your name is Kazehino, right?" I asked.

"Yes sir..." he replied, almost shyly.

"Nervous?"

"Well, a little. All this really got the best of me... "

"Well, you have nothing to worry about. It's not like we're here to beat you up or anything for piloting a top secret project like the Titans did."

"Titans?"

"The Titans are one of the two special military forces made by the Federation. Their job is to track down and take out any anti-Federation factions. But there have been several reports of Titans officers applying brutality to suspected members of anti-Federation factions regardless if it's true or not."

"Wait...I think I recall that this 'Titans' group were somewhat involved in the massacre of a colony a week ago, as reported by the news media."

"The 30 Bunch Massacre..."

"Do you know of it?"

"Heard about it the same way you did. Since I'm not a Titan, I cannot confirm nor deny about them being involved."

"I see..."

"But I firmly believe that they're responsible for the massacre."

"But why would they do such a thing?"

"It's their way. They're determined to wipe out all anti-Federation units at all costs even if it means taking human casualties, most especially if those involved are the Spacenoids as they have a huge grudge against them."

"Racism..."

"You could say that."

"Racism. Just like 7 years ago. The One-Year War was the result of the hatred between the Earthnoids and the Spacenoids. Now history is repeating itself. We'll never find true peace as long as man continues to hate his brother."

"For someone as young as you, you're pretty wise. I'm impressed."

Then I suddenly saw a change in the boy's face. He closed his eyes and placed both hands on his forehead as though he's having a headache.

"You alright, Kazehino-kun?"

"I...I don't know...I felt as though something...ugh!"

Then I began to hear the ringing in my ears followed by the feeling of pressure within my mind. As I felt the pressure, an image appeared in my head. The image revealed a giant mother ship surrounded by a group of small, saucer-shaped ships like those UFOs. Judging from their direction, they seem to be headed for Mt. Fuji.

Then the pressure abated and the image with it.

"What was that?" I asked as I catch my breath. Then I contacted Daiken. "Daiken! Do you sense it also?" I asked Daiken, as he is a NewType, unlike me. He nodded with me in agreement. Then the boy spoke.

"That ship...isn't it the very same one that attacked the city?"

"Judging from its direction, it's headed for the lab! I bet its Count Brocken!"

"Count Brocken?"

"I'll explain later." Then I switched all channels to speak with the Medea pilot.

"This is Lt. Kazahara. I want you to take us to our destination at maximum speed. Hurry!"

"Affirmative! Now moving at maximum speed!"

After saying that, I leaned back on my seat and took a deep breath. Then I began to think. How is it that Daiken and I managed to see the Guul? Never have we experienced such a thing during the One-Year War. Then I recall the boy sensing it also. I decided to ask him.

"Kazehino-kun, were you able to live in space sometime in your life?"

"Space? No I haven't. I spent all my life living here on Earth. Why do you ask?"

'Never been to space his whole life'. Yet, he can sense these things. How is it possible he can sense this? Only a NewType can sense something like this, but only if danger is approaching or if another NewType is trying to communicate. Could it be...? Is it possible that this is one of them? I closed my transmission to the boy and opened one to Daiken. But before I could ask, I could see his hands gripping tightly on the controls. Even with him wearing a mask, I can tell that he is upset. Upset over the boy now a pilot of the Grungust Type II.

The very robot, which HE failed to pilot..."

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Part 2

"Emergency! Emergency! Prepare for an enemy attack! Repeat, prepare for an enemy attack!" Echoed a man's voice as the sound of the siren is heard inside and outside of the Photo-Atomic Power Laboratory. The laboratory is in Red Alert as the Guul under the command of Count Brocken slowly approaches. Outside of the institute, two robots are now active and prepared for Count Brocken's assault. One robot, the Aphrodi A, has a tall, slender, feminine body. Red color surrounds its chest and waist area while the rest of its body is covered in orange. The other robot, the Bossborot, has a body of that of its pilot - fat.

As Count Brocken's assault team is now within sight of the two robots, the Bossborot suddenly strikes an action pose.

"Jyan-jyan-jya~~~n!!!!!" shouted the pilot of the Bossborot, whose voice is echoed to the outside. The loud voice, as well as the Bossborot's rather funny appearance (being a red and yellow colored chubby robot with long, slender arms and a pink bald head), has caught the attention of the Guul's commander. Count Brocken lets his one hand fix up the Nazi-like uniform he is wearing while his other makes sure his head doesn't fall for his head is detached from his body. As one his soldiers reports their current situation, he looks at the two robots showing on the Guul's main screen.

"Humph! They're just scrap robots! They're no threat to us! Have our ground forces take them out while we maintain our position!"

From the forest below the Guul, five robots came out. The first two robots were Garada K7 and Daburas M2. The third robot that came out is the Toros D7, a four-legged Metalbeast with a human face and a Hexagon-shaped body, spikes on its back and a large horn in its front. The fourth is the Abdullah U6, a Metalbeast with a large belly and a head that resembles a Sphinx. The fifth one is the Mechasaurus Saki, a robot resembling a T-Rex except having large arms with Hook-like claws. The five robots then make a Line Formation as they stare at the two robots defending the institute.

"HAH! You think the five of you can scare me! Come on! I'll take you all on!" yelled the Bossborot pilot.

"Don't get too careless, Boss!" said the female pilot of the Aphrodi A. "Remember, we have to defend the institute until Koji-kun comes back!"

"Not to worry, Sayaka-chan!" replied Boss. "I've got some heavy artillery equipment with me, see?" Then from out of nowhere, the Bossborot now carries two large missiles in its arm. Before Sayaka could reply back, she now sees that the five robots are now charging towards them. Boss sees them two.

"All right! Now witness the power of the new and improved Bossborot!" Boss shouts as his robot now holds both missiles as though they were javelins. "BOROT MISSILES, FIRE!!!" he yells and throws them at the charging five robots. However, Garada K7 quickly removes the sickles from its head and throws them at the incoming missiles. Surprisingly, the missiles didn't explode. Instead, they split open and out comes two unknown substances falling onto the five robots and stopping their charge. Try as hard as the robots might, they cannot set themselves free from the substance as though flies were covered in glue.

"HAHA! How do you like that!?!" Boss laughs loudly.

"My, Boss! That was a brilliant idea! I'm impressed!" Sayaka said.

"Really? You mean it?"

"Of course!" she giggles. The Bossborot's face then turned red as though it's blushing.

Back at the Guul, a soldier reports to Count Brocken on the current situation.

"Count Brocken! Our ground forces are immobile due to the strange substance that surrounds them."

"Indeed..." Count Brocken mumbles. "It seems I have underestimated these scrap robots a bit..."

"Shall we attack with the remaining forces?"

"Bring out the Gorongo S2 and have it assist them."

As the hatch doors from below the Guul's body opens, a large, pink ball with holes drops to the ground. The large ball then starts rolling towards the five robots. As it nears them, it makes a jump and lands behind them. Shortly thereafter, the five robots are now free from the sticky substance. Boss was shocked at what he sees.

"What the...!?! How the heck did that happen!?! The whole thing was foolproof!"

Then legs came out of the holes of the Gorongo S2, allowing it to stand up. Its head then comes out next followed by its arms. One of its arms holds a sword.

"So that's how they got free..." Sayaka said as she readies her Aphrodi A for combat. Meanwhile, Count Brocken laughs from the Guul as he watches.

"Now show them no mercy! Destroy them!" With that command, the 6 robots now charge towards the institute.

"What do we do now? There's only the two of us and a bunch of them!" Boss asked Sayaka.

"We'll take them on!" Sayaka replies. "We have to hold them off as long as we can until Koji-kun arrives!"

"Eh!?! Are you serious, Sayaka-san!?!" surprised Boss. But Sayaka didn't answer as her Aphrodi A charges right towards the enemy.

"I'm won't let them win! I won't!" Then the Aphrodi A makes a stop and Sayaka shouts "MISSILES FIRE!" as missiles are launched from the Aphrodi A's metal breasts. But the robots simply dodged the missiles easily. The Toros D7 stops its movement and retaliates by releasing the spikes from its body up in the sky and falling straight onto the Aphrodi A. The Bossborot quickly rushes in and pushes the Aphrodi A away to safety and the spikes fall onto the Bossborot's behind instead. Seconds later, the spikes explode and the Bossborot begins jumping around. Hands holding its metal butt as it caught fire.

"Boss!" Sayaka shouts.

"Agggghhh! FIRE, FIRE, FIRE! NEED WATER! NEED WATER!"

Suddenly, she sees the Abdullah U6 about to land a punch at her. Immediately, she controls the Aphrodi A to dodge out of the way, thus missing the heavy punch. Then, the Aphrodi A begins a series of quick jabs to the face followed by kicks to the side, stunning the heavy Metalbeast. But as the Aphrodi A throws a straight punch to the face, the Abdullah U6 grabs it and twists the arm of Aphrodi A allowing the Abdullah U6 to move behind the Aphrodi A while joint-locking its arm behind it -- a Hammer Lock. Then, while still in the Hammer Lock, the Metalbeast wraps its other arm around the head of the Aphrodi A where Sayaka's cockpit is located. The Aphrodi A tries to pull the Abdullah U6's arm using its free hand but to no avail. The Aphrodi A then tries kicking the legs but it won't budge. Thanks to the Abdullah U6's heavy build design and tough armor, the Aphrodi A is too weak to break away from the Metalbeast's hold. Seeing that the Aphrodi A is now helpless, Garada K7 and the Mechasaurus Saki slowly approach the helpless robot. Sharp blades and claws ready to cut and tear it into pieces.

But that doesn't mean the Aphrodi A is already beaten.

Sayaka makes a move and shuts down the power of her ribit. With no power and while in the Headlock/Hammer Lock, the Aphrodi A could not stand properly and begins to fall. The sudden lowering of the Aphrodi A's body made the Abdullah U6 fall forward, causing it to lose its balance. Sayaka then quickly turns back the power on and the Aphrodi A quickly rises up from its fall, head butting the Abdullah U6 in the process. Though the head butt smashed the cockpit windshield of the Aphrodi A, it was enough to make the Metalbeast lose its grip on Aphrodi A and stagger back. Missiles are then fired from the Aphrodi A's metal breasts and this time, the missiles hit both Garada K7 and the Mechasaurus Saki, stunning and knocking them backwards. Then, the Aphrodi A executes a high speed Roundhouse Kick on the Abdullah U6 just as the Metalbeast recovers from the head butt. The quick and strong impact of the Aphrodi A's heel on the Abdullah U6's metal cheek caused the heavy Metalbeast to spin once before it falls hard on the ground. Sayaka then turns the Aphrodi A around to see Garada K7 now making its attack by launching missiles from its eyes. The Aphrodi A ducks and as it quickly rises up, it lets the back of its hands stay close to its chest, one hand resting on top of the other hand. Then as it makes a dash towards Garada K7, it pushes its hands forward and hit the chest of Garada K7, resulting for the skull head-shaped Metalbeast to fall back and down on the ground. But as the Garada K7 falls, the Mechasaurus Saki grabs the Aphrodi A with its sharp, hook-like claws. It then opens its mouth, revealing a missile.

"Oh no!" Sayaka shouts as she the missile ready to fire at her. She quickly makes a move. Moving a lever on her controls backwards, the Aphrodi A grabs the Mechasaurus and suddenly falls backward, causing the Mechasaurus to lose balance. As the two robots fall, the Aphrodi A raises its right knee up and rests its foot on the stomach of the Mechasaurus Saki. As soon as the back of the Aphrodi A touches the ground, Sayaka fires the missiles once more and as the second they made impact, using both hands and its right foot, the Aphrodi A pushes the Mechasaurus Saki into the air and the dinosaur-like robot fell face first on the ground, causing the missile inside its mouth to explode.

Meanwhile, the Bossborot finally stops running and jumping around and puts away the smoke and flame from its behind. Then as it looks forward, it sees the Gorongo S2 now staring at it. When the Bossborot turns around, it found Toros D2 and Daburas M2. The three Metalbeasts now charge on towards the Bossborot. Boss could only look back and forth in panic, not knowing what to do. Then as they get close, the Bossborot quickly jumps out of the way and the three Metalbeasts ram onto each another.

"Boss!" Sayaka shouts as she moves the Aphrodi A towards the Bossborot. But as she gets close, she is stopped by a series of missiles hitting around her. The missiles were hitting around the Bossborot also. The missiles came from the saucer-like UFO ships, the Minifours. The Minifours continue to shoot wave after wave of missiles on the Aphrodi A and the Bossborot. Sayaka screams as two missiles made a direct hit at the back of her Aphrodi A while the Bossborot dances to avoid the missiles hitting its foot. After the next wave of missiles was fired, Boss could see the Aphrodi A lying down on the ground.

"Sayaka~~~!!!" Boss shouts as he quickly moves the Bossborot towards the fallen Aphrodi A and shields it from the next wave of missiles.

Back at the Guul, Count Brocken makes a grin as he sees the Minifours doing good work on the fallen robots when suddenly an explosion was heard immediately followed by a trembling shock.

"What was that!?!" shouted Count Brocken.

"Count Brocken! A small unidentified craft is attacking us from behind!" reported a soldier.

"What's that!?!" Then from the Guul's main screen, Count Brocken could clearly see a small yellow colored, saucer-shaped craft flying away from the Guul and heading towards the Minifours. The yellow craft then fires a series of missiles and all hit and destroyed the enemy saucer ships. Count Brocken could not believe what he sees.

"Who is piloting that craft!" Count Brocken shouts. "How dare he take out my Minifours!" But before Count Brocken could rant further, he observed the yellow craft slowly landing outside of the Photo-Atomic Power Laboratory, right next to a red hovercraft, the Pilder. The yellow craft opens its hatch and the pilot jumps off from the yellow craft and onto the Pilder.

"I don't believe it!" Count Brocken gasps as the Pilder slowly goes airborne and hovers around the institute towards a nearby large pool. "The pilot of that craft is...is..."

"MAZI~~~N GO!!!!!" shouted the pilot of the Pilder and a giant robot rises from the pool not too far from the laboratory. The robot is in the colors of black and white and the structure is humanoid looking. The chest has thick metal plates that look like two letter Zs facing one another. The Pilder then hovers slowly over the head of the robot and as it hovers into position, folds its hovercraft wings as it slowly docks in to the robot's crown. The pilot then shouts "PILDER ON!" as the docking is completed and the eyes of the robot begin to flash. The robot then raises its arms as it is now ready for action.

"MAZINGER Z!!!" shouts Count Brocken. Then the window shield of the Pilder opens and the pilot stood up from his seat. He then opens the windshield from his Pilder and removes his helmet. He then points his finger to the Guul.

"OOOII!! COUNT BROCKEN! IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU GET YOUR HEAD BE USED AS A SOCCER BALL FOR THE WORLD CUP FINALS!!!" shouted the pilot.

"Damn you.....Koji Kabuto.....!" replied Count Brocken.

"I have no idea how you got your sorry head back in place all this time, but I can tell you this: no matter what you do, YOU WILL NEVER DEFEAT MAZINGER Z!!!!!" With those words said, Koji puts his helmet back on and returns to his seat and closes the window shield of his Pilder. Mazinger Z's eyes flash once more, ready for combat, then charges straight towards the Guul.

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Part 3

Just seeing Mazinger Z in action is enough for Count Brocken's blood to boil in his anger. He then remembers how many times he has fought Mazinger Z and its pilot, Koji Kabuto, and fails. Now, after 7 long years, he has faced his old enemy once again. Immediately he stood up from his seat and shouts at his soldiers. "WHAT THE HELL IS OUR GROUND FORCES DOING! ORDER THEM TO ATTACK MAZINGER Z AT ONCE!!!" But before one of Count Brocken's soldiers could respond, another explosion and shock is felt causing Brocken's head to fall to the floor.

Outside, Mazinger Z was the one causing the shocks to the Guul as it continues its attack on the flying fortress. Behind the Mazinger Z, Bossborot and Aphrodi A slowly get up after the missile attacks from the now destroyed Minifours. Koji notices them and halts his attack for a moment.

"Sayaka-san! Boss! Are you two alright?" Koji asks.

"Kabuto, you dimwit! What took you so long?" Boss responds.

"Sorry about that. Anyway, you two get back to the laboratory and let me handle this. You two don't stand a chance against these huge numbers!"

"Now what in the world are you talking about, Koji-kun!?!" Sayaka complains. "Didn't you see that we managed to bring down the Metalbeasts?"

"That's right, Kabuto! Take a look at that Metalbeast over there!" The Bossborot then points to the supposedly fallen Garada K7, but has just stood up and swings its sickle-like weapon towards the Bossborot.

"AAAAGHHH!! OH, NO!!!" screamed Boss.

Koji saw the incoming sickle and immediately moves his robot in front of the Bossborot and grabs the flying weapon. At the same time, the Mazinger Z raises one arm forward and Koji shouts "ROCKET PUNCH!" and half of the Mazinger Z's arm detaches and flies towards Garada K7 at high speed. The Rocket Punch hits the Metalbeast in the gut, pushing the Metalbeast back and down again to the ground as the punch returns to its owner.

From Koji's right, he sees the Abdullah U6 now standing up. The Mazinger Z then throws the sickle weapon at it, but the bulky Metalbeast is unaffected when the blades hit its metal stomach.

"Heh, no effect on you, eh? Then try this on for size! REITOU BEAM!" As Koji shouts the name of his next attack, blue colored beams are fired from the tip of the spike-like antennas located on the sides of Mazinger Z's head and hitting the Abdullah U6. At first, there doesn't seem to be any effect at all, but slowly ice begins to form and starts to spread around the body of the Metalbeast. This is the true effect of the Reitou Beam.

"Hehehe. How do you like that? Now take this! MISSILE FIRE!" Koji shouts as a missile is fired from the Mazinger Z's abdomen. Thanks to the Reitou Beam, the Abdullah U6 is totally immobile thus ending up a sitting duck to the missile. The missile connects, breaking the ice, but the shock of the missile blast was enough to knock down the Abdullah U6.

Koji now looks around and sees that the rest of the Metalbeasts are slowly getting up. Koji knew that if stays on his ground, Sayaka and Boss would be in great danger. There is only one option Koji can do to keep the Metalbeasts from attacking Sayaka, Boss, and the Photon Power Lab. Without second thoughts, he charges his Mazinger Z right at the Metalbeasts.

"Wait, Koji-kun! What are you doing?" Sayaka shouts.

"Count Brocken only wants me and Mazinger Z, so I'll give him what he wants! You two get back in the institute where you'll be safe!" Koji replies.

"But, Koji-kun...!"

"No 'buts'! Just go!" With that, Koji cuts his transmission to Sayaka. Try as Sayaka might in contacting Koji, she is unable to.

Then she receives a transmission. But it's not from Koji. It's from her father.

"Sayaka! Boss! Do as Koji says and return to the lab!"

"But, Professor Yumi! What about Kabuto" asked Boss.

"You two are needed to defend the lab in case any of them got pass Koji-kun. Also, Boss, Professor Mori Mori and the others will re-supply your missiles."

"Father..." said Sayaka.

"Not to worry, Sayaka. I'm getting the Jet Scrander ready in case Koji-kun is in trouble."

Koji was right. As the rest of the Metalbeasts finally got up, their attention was him and Mazinger Z and not the Aphrodi A and the Bossborot. The Metalbeasts, along with the Mechasaurus Saki, surround the Mazinger Z making sure Mazinger Z does not escape.

"Oh, boy! Out of the frying pan and into the fire!" Koji says as he places his hand on a lever on his left. "All right. You guys want to play rough, let's play rough! Increase Mazin Power!" As Koji slowly pulls the lever backwards, an indicator on the Pilder's Control Panel begins to show that Mazinger's Photo-Atomic Power has indeed increase. The Mazinger Z's eyes flash and it raises its arms as though it felt it has become stronger.

The Gorongo S2 now initiates the first attack. Turning itself into a giant ball, it rolls straight towards the Mazinger Z at high speed. Koji sees the incoming Metalbeast and moves his robot to face it. Then Koji makes his counterattack.

"KOUSHIRYOKU BEAM!!!!!" Suddenly the Mazinger Z's eyes begin to fire yellow colored laser beams at the Gorongo S2. The beams hit the rolling Metalbeast and knock it backwards in the air and fall down hard on the ground. Then Koji notices in his radar that objects are falling on top of him. He looks up and sees that the falling objects were the spikes of the Toros D2. Immediately he sidesteps the Mazinger Z away from the falling spikes and, facing the Toros D2, fires the Koushiryoku Beam again and knocking down the four-legged Metalbeast.

The Daburas M2 is the next one to attack. Running towards the Mazinger Z, the two-headed Metalbeast jumps high in the air and is about to land a flying kick. Koji sees this and makes another counterattack.

"RUST HURRICANE!!!!!" Strong winds come out of the Mazinger Z's mouth and hits the Daburas M2, sending it to fly backwards. But more than that, the Metalbeast's body suddenly turned to rust and as it finally falls down on the ground, the Daburas M2 then crumbles and is blown away. This is the actual effect of the Rust Hurricane.

"Now you see, Count Brocken?" Koji shouts. "This is Mazinger's power!"

Back at the Guul, one of Count Brocken's soldiers makes a report on the current situation.

"Count Brocken! The Daburas M2 is completely destroyed!"

"Sortie the Mechasaurus Bird and have it attack Mazinger Z from the air!"

"Just the Mechasaurus Bird, Count Brocken?"

"You dare question my authority!?!" Then in a blink of an eye, Count Brocken holds the soldier up in the air by the neck. The hapless soldier tries his best to speak and asks for forgiveness, but it was too late as Count Brocken squeezes the soldier's neck as though it was just an empty soda can. Count Brocken releases the soldier and the soldier simply falls to the floor, no longer moving. Then Count Brocken shouts at the rest of the soldiers on the bridge.

"Listen up! Anyone who dares question my authority again will end up the same as him! Is that clear!?!"

"Yes, Count Brocken!" everyone replied.

"Now, sortie the Mechasaurus Bird!"

Meanwhile, the Mechasaurus Saki continues swinging its hook-shaped claws at Mazinger Z, but Mazinger Z continues dodging the Mechasaurus's attacks. Then as the Mechasaurus makes another swing of its claw from above, Mazinger Z grabs the arm of the Mechasaurus and counters with a straight punch to the face. Mazinger Z follows up with two more straight punches and a Double Hammer Punch, then followed by a Knee Drive to the Mechasaurus's face, knocking it back. Mazinger Z finishes its attack by doing a quick dash towards the Mechasaurus and going to a complete stop while lifting one leg as the Mazinger Z twists and does a back kick to the gut.

Koji now looks around and it seems all of the Metalbeasts have been knocked down when suddenly a fireball hits Mazinger Z in the back. Koji turns the Mazinger Z around to see the Mechasaurus Bird now diving towards him while releasing a series of fireballs on its beak. Mazinger Z then uses its arms to shield itself from the fireball attacks but is knocked down when the Mechasaurus Bird flew over the Mazinger Z at high speed. Koji is now getting irritated from the Mechasaurus Bird's attacks.

"Arrrrgh! Darn it! Take this you stupid bird! KOUSHIRYOKU BEAM!"

But the Mechasaurus Bird is too fast to be hit by Mazinger Z's Koushiryoku Beam. Koji tries again, but to no avail. Then he receives a transmission from Sayaka's father.

"Koji-kun! It's me! Can you hear me?"

"Professor Yumi!" Koji-responds.

"Koji-kun! The Jet Scrander is ready to launch. Get ready dock in."

"Roger! Ready to dock in!"

"Jet Scrander, take-off!"

Not too far from the Photo-Atomic Power Laboratory, a launch pad emerged from the ground along with the Mazinger Z's Jet Scrander, a large, unmanned yellow fighter with red axe-shaped wings. Professor Yumi back at the lab presses the red button on his control panel and the Jet Scrander's engines begin to ignite, launching it off the docking bay and airborne with a great burst of speed. Mazinger Z quickly responds by running at the direction of the Jet Scrander. And as the Jet Scrander slowly flies down towards Mazinger Z, Koji shouts "SCRANDER CROSS!" as the robot jumps up in the air and the Jet Scrander docks in on its back. Docking completed, Mazinger Z can now fly airborne.

Back at the lab, Sayaka and Boss watched as they both see Mazinger Z now airborne. The Bossborot begins waving its hands in the air.

"All right! Now Kabuto can really kick serious butt!" Boss shouts.

Inside the Pilder, Koji grins and laughs as he watched the Mechasaurus Bird in front of him.

"Hehehe. Now we're both airborne. Let's see who rules the skies!"

The Mechasaurus Bird makes a loud cry and fires its missiles, but Mazinger Z dodges out of the way and counters with a Reitou Beam. The Mechasaurus flies out of the way, but now that Mazinger Z can fly, it can now move the Reitou Beam in the direction of the Mechasaurus with ease, and eventually, the Reitou Beam hits the Mechasaurus Bird and the flying Pterodactyl-like robot is covered in ice as it falls to the ground.

"Hah! How about that!?! Now it's your turn, Count Brocken!" Koji shouts as he flies the Mazinger Z towards the Guul and makes an attack.

"SOUTHERN CROSS KNIFE!" Shuriken-like objects are fired from the Jet Scrander and explode in seconds after impact with the Guul.

"DRILL MISSILES FIRE!" Raising its arms forward, the Mazinger Z's arms reveal a series of missiles with drill on their tip resting inside, hence the name. The missiles are fired and punched holds on the Guul, causing the flying fortress to suffer heavy damage.

Suddenly, a missile from below hits the Mazinger Z in the rear. Koji turns around and looks down to see the Mechasaurus Saki now back on its feet and launching a series of its own missiles from its mouth. Garada K7 and Toros D2 are also up and fire their own projectiles. Quickly, Mazinger Z quickly shields itself from the missile attacks until the explosion of the missiles has totally covered Mazinger Z in smoke. The Metalbeasts ceased fire and waited for the smoke to clear to see if Mazinger Z has taken damage.

"IRON CUTTER!!" Mazinger Z's Rocket Punches zoomed out of the smoke. But this time blades are released from the sides of each arm. The flying fists with blades now head towards the Metalbeasts. Garada K7 and Mechasaurus Saki dodged the Iron Cutters, but it was too late for the Toros D2 as the Iron Cutters sliced its body in half. Then the Iron Cutters turned around and pierced a large hole in the bodies of the two other Metalbeasts.

"Three down and three to go!" Koji said to himself as the Iron Cutters returned and attached again to Mazinger Z when suddenly a huge object rammed Mazinger Z from behind, knocking it down to the ground. Mazinger Z slowly got up from its fall and looked at the object in the air that hit him. The object continues to spin in the air and then makes a stop. As Koji looks, he is shocked to see that the object is a saucer-shaped craft similar to the Minifours and his TFO Saucer Craft, only different in shape and color. Then arms and legs came out of the craft and shortly after, a lizard-like head. The Guul then slowly hovers behind the new beast.

"It...it can't be..." Koji says to himself. "A Vega Beast!?!"

"HAHAHAHA! How do you like it, Koji Kabuto?" Count Brocken speaks. "You did not expect us to have a Vega Beast in our hands aside from the Mechasaurus's, did you? There will be no tomorrow for you this time!" Brocken then waves his hand forward and gives out a command. "ATTACK, GIRU GIRU!!!"

The Giru Giru makes a loud roar after hearing the command from Count Brocken and makes an attack. Missiles are fired from the Metalbeast's shell and head straight towards Mazinger Z. Mazinger uses its arms to shield itself, but Giru Giru breaks the guard by hiding its limbs back in its shell, spins and rams the robot. The Giru Giru is not finished yet. It continues to ram Mazinger Z back and forth, making sure it does not make a counterattack. Even worse is the Mechasaurus Bird is free from its frozen state and attacks Mazinger Z with its fireballs.

Koji knows he needs to act quickly if he is to strike back. As the Giru Giru makes another ram attack, Koji pulls another lever from his control panel and the engines of the Jet Scrander ignite once again. Mazinger Z then jumps up high in the air and successfully dodges the Giru Giru's attack. Koji catches his breath for a moment, as Mazinger Z maintains airborne.

"All right! My turn now to attack!" Koji then shouts. "KOUSHIRYOKU..." Suddenly she heard Sayaka's voice.

"KOJI-KUN! BEHIND YOU!!"

But it was too late. The Gorongo S2 has rammed Mazinger Z in the rear in its rolling ball form. As Mazinger Z falls down once again, Giru Giru makes its attack by spinning around and ramming Mazinger Z's face. Koji screams as his Mazinger falls down on its side, breaking one wing of the Jet Scrander. Mechasaurus Bird then fires its missiles and fireballs on the fallen robot, destroying the other wing in the process.

Back at the damaged Guul, Count Brocken is very pleased with the changing turn of events.

"With the Jet Scrander now destroyed, Mazinger Z can no longer fly! This is your end, Koji Kabuto!"

Much as Koji tries to move Mazinger Z, the combination of the Metalbeasts' projectile and ram attacks has kept his robot down. Sayaka and Boss could only watch in horror, as Mazinger Z takes hit after hit. No longer able to stand the sight of it, Sayaka moves forward.

"Sayaka-chan! What are you doing?" Boss shouts.

"I have to help Koji-kun!" Sayaka replies.

"But Sayaka-chan...!" But Sayaka completely ignores Boss as she rushes in to help Koji. As the Gorongo S2 does another ram attack, the Aphrodi A fires its missiles and knocks the Metalbeast away from Mazinger Z. Count Brocken frowns at the next turn of events.

"Take that nuisance out! Fire the missiles!" Count Brocken commands.

"Missiles firing, Count Brocken" confirms a soldier as large missiles are fired from the wings of the Guul. Koji sees the missiles as they are headed straight for the Aphrodi A. Koji then tries to call Sayaka.

"SAYAKA-SAN! LOOK OUT!"

Sayaka looks and sees the missiles but it was too late for her to take evasive action as the missiles are now closing in. Sayaka could shut her eyes as the Aphrodi A guards itself. She then screams as she heard a series of loud explosions. Then shortly thereafter, everything turned quiet. Sayaka slowly opened her eyes to see the face of Mazinger Z. She looked up at the Pilder and was shocked to see Koji's face lying on the control panel filled with blood.

Koji was knocked unconscious.

Outside, Mazinger Z was actually hugging the Aphrodi A, shielding it from the missile attacks. Slowly, Mazinger Z releases the Aphrodi A and falls backward to the ground. Sayaka could only watch as the Mazinger Z lies down to earth motionless.

"Koji-kun...?" Sayaka speaks softly.

"Koji-kun...?"

"KOJI-KUUUUUN!!!!!"

Suddenly, the Abdullah U6 grabs the Aphrodi A from behind. Sayaka jams the controls hoping the Aphrodi A could break free, but to avail.

"LET ME GO!" Sayaka shouts. "LET ME GO!!!!!"

Back inside the Guul, Count Brocken laughs loudly as he sees the Mazinger Z now motionless.

"MAZINGER Z HAS FALLEN! Dr. Hell will surely be pleased about this, now the Photo-Atomic Power Laboratory is ours!!!!!"

A soldier then pours a glass of wine and offers it to Count Brocken. Count Brocken takes the glass and slowly drinks it when another soldier interrupts him.

"Count Brocken! A lone craft is approaching us!"

"Why are you interrupting at this moment of celebration?" Count Brocken replies. "Very well, on screen!"

"Yes, Count Brocken." The soldier replies as Count Brocken now watches a lone Medea craft slowly approaching them.

"Hah! It's just a stupid cargo ship! Have the Mechasaurus Bird take of it!"

"Yes, Count Brocken!"

The Mechasaurus Bird then makes a loud cry as it pursues the lone Medea craft. The Medea then suddenly turns around and retreats. Count Brocken drinks the rest of the wine in his glass as he watches the Mechasaurus Bird pursue the Medea.

Then suddenly, Count Brocken lowers his glass as he sees a beam attack somehow knocked the Mechasaurus Bird back. "What the hell...?" he said. Then he sees something behind the Medea and orders the soldier to zoom in as to what it is. Count Brocken then crushes his glass as he sees the two Gespensts and the Grungust Nishiki inside the Medea.

Back at the Medea, Irmgardt compliments his comrade, Daiken Crow.

"Nice shooting, partner! Now it's time for us to take action!" Irmgardt then holds the controls sticks firmly. "All units move out at attack the enemy!"

"Roger!" Ryoga responds. "Grungust Nishiki ready for action...GO!"

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Part 4

Count Brocken could not believe what he sees. He is quite familiar with the two Gespensts as he has fought them before during the One-Year War. But what surprised is that the Grungust is with them and is operational when Baron Ashler's forces supposedly capture it.

"Hmmm...it would seem that Baron Ashler has failed. No matter. I shall capture the Grungust Type II!"

"But Count Brocken, what of the Mazinger Z?" asked a soldier.

"Ignore it. Order all Metalbeasts to attack the Grungust Type II!"

Surprisingly for Sayaka, the Abdullah U6 releases her Aphrodi A and, along with the other Metalbeasts, charges straight into the Grungust Nishiki. Sayaka then receives a transmission.

"This Ryoga Kazehino! Grungust Nishiki pilot! Please take the Mazinger Z to safety, we'll try to handle the invaders!"

At first, Sayaka wants to ask more to the Grungust pilot, but she gets his message loud and clear. The Aphrodi A then lifts up the motionless Mazinger Z and slowly carries it home. The Bossborot arrives too to help out.

Meanwhile, Irmgardt quickly briefs Ryoga on the situation.

"Remember, Kazehino-kun! These guys are after you so make sure you do not lose to them!"

"I understand, Lt. Kazahara!" Ryoga relies as the Metalbeasts slowly closes in.

The Giru Giru is the first to attack. Hiding its limbs back in its shell, it spins around and zooms right towards the Grungust Nishiki at a fast speed and successfully caught the Grungust off-guard by ramming its front to the surprise of the two Gespenst pilots. The fast impact caused the blue robot to be pushed back against its own will. Inside, Ryoga could feel the impact of the Vega Beast pushing the Grungust Nishiki and tries to pull himself together. Frustrated on his current situation, he moves his control stick forward and the Grungust Nishiki quickly grabs hold of the Giru Giru, surprisingly ceasing its Spin Attack.

"You know...that...really...HURT!!" Ryoga shouts as he tosses the Vega Beast up in the air and kicks the sides sending it to the ground. Then Ryoga suddenly felt the mysterious feeling and instinctively, moves the Grungust into evasive action just in time as the Gorongo S2 was so close to ram it with a Rolling Ball Attack.

Meanwhile, Irmgardt and Daiken are pre-occupied handling the remaining two Metalbeasts. Irmgardt, like what he did in Hokkaido, dodges away the fireball attacks from the Mechasaurus Bird while Daiken's Gespenst exchange fists against the Abdullah U6. Daiken's Gespenst ducks as the Abdullah U6 throws a left hook and counters with an uppercut to the Metalbeast's chin. Quickly, Daiken's Gespenst follows up its attack with a Smash Beam pushing and knocking back the Abdullah U6. Daiken afterwards moves his Gespenst toward the Grungust Nishiki, which is now in big trouble as it faces two Metalbeasts at once.

Ryoga could take on the Giru Giru fairly, but against the Gorongo S2, he knows he must be very careful. The Gorongo S2 is bigger and heavier than the Grungust Nishiki, yet it can go at high speeds in its ball form. While he waits patiently for the Gorongo S2 to attack, he is unaware that the Giru Giru has already gotten up and makes a missile attack on the back on the Grungust Nishiki. The missile attacks stunned Ryoga and it is now the Gorongo S2's cue to attack but just as it's about to change into its ball form, Daiken's Smash Beam knocked the Metalbeast off-balance. Both Daiken's Gespenst and the Grungust Nishiki then stick close together back-to-back.

"Thanks, Lt. Crow." Ryoga says. Daiken remained silent. Then as he looks at the Giru Giru maintaining its position in front of him, he remembers his last battle in Hokkaido when he was able to use weapons against the Metalbeasts.

"Dang! If only I knew how I did those things, I can use it against these guys and take them out..." Ryoga thought. Then suddenly, he heard a voice echoing on his head.

"Listen. On my signal, evade."

"Evade?" asked Ryoga, wondering what was that voice in his head. Then suddenly he saw the Giru Giru doing a Spin Attack once again and it closing in. And Ryoga heard the voice again.

"EVADE!"

Not making a second thought, Ryoga quickly moves the Grungust Nishiki into evasive action. Daiken also moved his Gespenst into evasive action. Both units sidestep out of the way just in time resulting for the two Metalbeasts to ram one another.

The Mechasaurus Bird continues attacking Irmgardt's Gespenst with its fireballs, but after firing one more fireball, Irmgardt's Gespenst jumps high in the air and activates its boosters, sending the Gespenst up in the air high enough to reach the Mechasaurus Bird. Before the Mechasaurus Bird could react, the Gespenst lands a hard straight punch at the Mechasaurus's gut followed by a Double Hammer Punch and finishes with a kick. The Gespenst then pulls out its Plasma Cutter to finish off the Mechasaurus when waves of electrical light hit it from behind. The electrical wave came from Count Brocken's Guul now making its attack. Both Daiken and Ryoga turned to see Irmgardt's Gespenst falling fast down to the ground.

"Lt. Kazahara!" Ryoga shouts as the Gurngust Nishiki runs towards the falling Gespenst. However, ripple-like rays are fired from the Guul and this time, hitting the Grungust Nishiki, keeping it from moving. Ryoga cries in pain as the shock of the beams surge through his body. Daiken then attempts to fire his Gespensts Smash Beam at the Guul, but is quickly taken down by the missile attacks of the Giru Giru.

Outside of the Photo-Atomic Power Lab, Sayaka and Boss slowly carry Koji inside the institute when Koji regained consciousness.

"Where...where am I...?" Koji asked softly.

"Please, don't talk, Koji-kun." Sayaka replies. "We're taking you inside, you've been badly hurt."

"Count Brocken...is he...?" then Koji turns his head and can see from the corner of his eye the ongoing battlefield. Then Koji slowly tries to move.

"I...must get back...must fight..."

"What are you talking about, Kabuto? You're in pretty bad shape and so is Mazinger Z! You can't fight in that condition!" Boss objects.

"But that Count Brocken...he..."

"Koji-kun!!!" Sayaka spoke loudly at Koji, getting his attention. Both stared for a moment and Sayaka speaks again.

"I'll pilot Mazinger Z."

"Are you serious, Sayaka-chan!" surprised Boss.

"Sayaka-san..." Koji said.

"Koji-kun. I promise. I'll beat that Count Brocken with Mazinger Z!" Sayaka then turned to Boss. "Boss, please take care of Koji." She then leaves the two and goes to pilot the Mazinger Z.

"Hey! Wait! Sayaka-chan!" Boss shouts to Sayaka. Then Koji talked to Boss.

"Boss, get me inside."

"Huh?"

"Get me inside...I need to talk to...Sayaka..."

"Big brother!" a child's voice cried out. It was Koji's young brother, Shiro who came to check on his wounded brother.

"Shiro..."

"Big brother, are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm ok. But I need to get in touch with Sayaka..."

Back inside the Guul, Count Brocken carefully monitors the situation. Both Gespensts are down and heavily damaged while the Guul's Shock Beam keeps the Grungust Nishiki immobile. With no one else to go against Count Brocken's forces, it seems everything is in their favor.

"This is excellent! We can now kill two birds with one stone! Not only have finally defeated Mazinger Z, but we now have the Grungust Type II in our hands!" Count Brocken then gets up from his seat and gives out a command. "Prepare to bring in the Grungust! Have the Metalbeasts destroy all opposing forces!"

"Count Brocken!" a soldier reports. "The Mazinger Z! It's mobile!"

"What's that!?!" surprised Count Brocken as he watches on the main screen. Sure enough, Mazinger Z is indeed mobile as it slowly raises its arms forward, aiming at the Mechasaurus Bird, which is attacking continuously at the fallen Gespenst of Irmgardt.

"IRON CUTTER!" Sayaka shouts as the flying fists released their blades once more. However, the Mechasaurus Bird noticed the incoming Iron Cutters and dodged them easily. When the Iron Cutters returned to its owner Mazinger Z suddenly reeled back. Sayaka was unable to handle the shock of the Iron Cutters' attachment to the Mazinger Z.

Back at the Guul, Count Brocken noticed that it was a woman's voice when the pilot shouted the Iron Cutters.

"A woman...? So Sayaka Yumi is the pilot of Mazinger Z...No matter! Take care of her!"

The Mechasaurus Bird then cries out and swoops down towards Mazinger Z. It then begins launching a series of fireballs from its beak. Because the controls of Mazinger Z are completely different from that of the Aphrodi A, Sayaka is unable to execute a defensive maneuver in time. The result, all of the Mechasaurus Bird's fireballs hit Mazinger Z. Sayaka could only scream as she felt the shock of the fireballs making contact with the robot. Abdullah U6, recovered from being knocked down by Daiken's Gespenst, picks up a nearby heavy rock and throws it at Mazinger Z, knocking it down to the ground. When the Mechasaurus Bird attempts to shoot another fireball, it notices a missile from above heading towards it. It retaliates by shooting the missile, only to find out that the missile is actually the very same missile Boss used earlier. As soon as the fireball collided with the missile, the sticky substance emerges from the missile and covers the Mechasaurus Bird, sending it down and this time, letting it stay down.

"Yahoo! That ought to hold him!" Boss shouts as he readies his Bossborot to throw the second missile, but halts as he sees the Giru Giru approaching him at high speed while in its Spin Attack. A force field then surrounds the laboratory along with the Bossborot and the Giru Giru bounces off the field.

Meanwhile, the Gorongo S2 continues its Rolling Ball Attack on Daiken's Gespenst. In the process, the Metalbeast pulls out its sword to pierce thru the body of the Gespenst. Fortunately for Daiken, the sword did not pierce thru the cockpit. Despite feeling the shock of impact several times, Daiken closes his eyes and concentrates. Like Ryoga, he is surrounded by the mysterious feeling, only this time, the feeling allowed Daiken to anticipate accurately which of the many holes of the Gorongo S2's body will its arm holding its sword come out and where it will strike. He then concluded that the Metalbeast's next strike would be on the head. He is correct. As the Gorongo S2 comes down at quickly to ram the Gespenst again, it reveals its arm from one of the holes is about to strike at the Gespenst's head. Quickly Daiken fires the Smash Beam and it not only destroyed the arm, but it also went inside the hole, causing interior damage to the Gorongo S2 as it falls backwards away from the Gespenst. With the Gorongo S2 down for a while, Daiken moves the head of his Gespenst so he can view the situation of the others. He can clearly see that all is not well. Irmgardt's Gespenst remains on the ground, the Mazinger Z being pummeled out by the Abdullah U6 and the Giru Giru, and Ryoga's Grungust still paralyzed as the Shock Beam is still hitting it. Daiken then closes his eyes and concentrates once more.

Inside the cockpit of the Grungust Nishiki, Ryoga tries his best to pull himself together as the shock from the Shock Beam continues to surge through his body. Gritting his teeth and his eyes shut, he tries to release his 'Rage of The Beast', hoping that his anger would cancel out the pain he is receiving. But he stopped suddenly as the mysterious feeling returned to him again. The feeling made him feel strange, as if telling him to cease his rage and merely focus and concentrate despite the pain. The task, Ryoga knows, is too difficult considering the intense punishment he is experiencing, yet the mysterious feeling continues to surround him. Unable to resist, he lets his mind slowly shut itself down to ignore the pain. As his eyes close, he sees various images moving and flipping at great speeds along with words he cannot understand, yet somehow act as if they are added to his subconscious. Within a second, his eyes opened once more, this time focused and ready. He then shouts out:

"Nendou Field, On!!"

Suddenly, the eyes of the Grungust begin to flash and a blue energy field surrounds the blue robot, shielding it from the Shock Beam. This got Count Brocken's attention.

"What's going on!?!" Count Brocken shouts.

"Count Brocken! A blue energy field is shielding the Grungust Type II!" a soldier reports.

"WHAT!?!"

Then the Grungust Nishiki jumps out of the Shock Beam and returns fire at the Guul.

"EYES LID LASER!!!" Ryoga shouts as twin laser beams are fired from the Grungust Nishiki's eyelids. The beams hit the Guul and ceased its Shock Beam attack. Then the Grungust raises its arms towards the Guul and Ryoga shouts again.

"BOOST KNUCKLE!!"

The Grungust then fires its own version of the Rocket Punch and punches more holes on the Guul. Then Ryoga felt the feeling again and quickly turned around to see the Gorongo S2 now up and is about to try the Rolling Ball Attack again. He then makes the Grungust dash towards the Metalbeast and launched a fury of lighting fast punches. At first, the Gorongo S2 seems unaffected but then its round-shaped body suddenly begins to crumple with each fist landed by the robot. The Grungust Nishiki then finishes with a forward kick followed by Boost Knuckles, knocking back the Gorongo S2, and then jumps high up in the air and transforms itself into its jet fighter mode. As the Gorongo S2 slowly gets up and it's now groggy, Ryoga calls out his next attack.

"SPIRAL ATTACK!!!"

Light shaped into a drill surrounds the fighter-mode Grungust as it flies towards the Metalbeast at high speed. Then the Spiral Attack hits the crumpled armor and pierces thru the Gorongo S2's body. As if it was wailing in pain, the Metalbeast trembles and slowly falls to the ground, then explodes.

Mazinger Z is unable to move as the Abdullah U6 locks its arms behind. The Giru Giru holds Mazinger Z from the front with its limbs and breathes fire on the face. While Mazinger and the Pilder were designed to greatly resist heat damage, Sayaka still feels the intense heat from the Metalbeast's flames. She starts to have difficulty breathing as her oxygen is burning out. Dizziness is starting to take over her mind, making her lose her sense of judgment and focus. Sayaka now starts to pass out when a voice came out from the Pilder's control panel's audio channel.

"Sayaka-san! Sayaka-san! Answer me!"

It was Koji.

"Koji...-kun..."

"Sayaka-san! Pull yourself together and use the Rust Hurricane!"

"Rust...Hurricane...?"

"What are you waiting for!?! Do it now!"

Trying to use what's left of her strength and stamina, she pulls down a lever from the Pilder's control panel and yells out the attack in desperation.

"RUST...HURRICANE~~~!!!"

Wind begins blowing out of Mazinger Z's mouth and sends the Giru Giru up in the air. Because it was still breathing fire, the flames mixed with the blowing wind and engulf the Giru Giru, letting both flame and rust to crumple its hard body. With the Giru Giru now vulnerable, Sayaka fires a missile from the Mazinger Z's abdomen and destroys the Giru Giru completely. Mazinger Z then executes a Mule Kick on the Abdullah U6 and follows with a Back Head Butt, causing the heavy Metalbeast to reel back and release Mazinger Z.

"Now Sayaka!" Koji shouts. "Turn around and use the Rocket Punch!"

"Right!" Sayaka responds and turns Mazinger Z around. "ROCKET PUNCH!!" Mazinger Z's flying fists continues to knock back the Abdullah U6.

"Next, fire the Koushiryoku Beam!"

"KOUSHIRYOKU BEAM!" Beams of light are fired from Mazinger Z's eyes, hitting the Abdullah U6 in the face. The Metalbeast then covers its face as though the hit blinded it.

"Now finish it off, Sayaka-san!"

"Right!" Sayaka responds as the Mazinger Z's arms rise upward and Sayaka shouts the attack:

"BREAST FIRE!!!!!"

From the Mazinger Z's red chest plates, a huge red beam of light is released and hits the Abdullah U6. Within seconds the entire body of Abdullah U6 is completely melted down to the ground. This is Mazinger Z's most powerful attack.

Suddenly, the Mechasaurus Bird has freed itself from the sticky substance and flies high in the air. It then launches fireballs on its beak and caught the Mazinger Z off-guard. Sayaka turns the Mazinger Z around and sees the Mechasaurus Bird high up in the air, practically out of Mazinger Z's range. Then she suddenly heard someone shouting an attack.

"SPLIT MISSILES FIRE!" The Grungust Nishiki launches two missiles the shape of blue fins with blades and hits the back of the Mechasaurus Bird.

"Now Sayaka!" Koji shouts. "Follow up with a Reitou Beam and Drill Missiles!"

"Huh? Ok! REITOU BEAM!" Freezer beams are then fired and the Mechasaurus Bird's body is then covered in ice. Mazinger Z then quickly follows up its attack with Drill Missiles.

"Now to finish you off!" Ryoga shouts. "SPLIT MISSILES FIRE!" The jet fighter mode Grungust Nishiki fires its missiles again and this time, the missiles from both mechs were enough to destroy the Mechasaurus Bird. Sayaka then receives another transmission. This time, it's from Ryoga.

"Mazinger Z pilot! Please jump the Mazinger Z onto my Grungust. We'll take out the flying fortress in the air!"

As the Grungust Nishiki slowly flies low towards Mazinger Z, the Mazinger Z jumps up and lands both feet on top of the it.

Back at the Guul, Count Brocken is shocked to see all of his forces are wiped out as the soldier reports the situation.

"Count Brocken! All of our units have been destroyed! The Grungust Type II and the Mazinger Z are flying right toward us!"

Count Brocken then strikes his hand on the sides of his chair.

"DAMN YOU ALL! FIRE ALL MISSILES!"

As Sayaka and Ryoga slowly close in, they can clearly see a huge wave of missiles fired from the Guul.

"Incoming missiles!" Ryoga shouts.

"I got them!" Sayaka responds. "KOUSHIRYOKU BEAM!!!"

"EYES LID LASER!!!"

Surprisingly, despite a huge wave of missiles fired at them, both the Grungust and Mazinger Z have successfully destroyed all of the missiles with their beams alone. The two then fly high above the Guul and Mazinger Z jumps off the Grungust Nishiki. As it makes a free fall, Mazinger Z faces towards the Guul and keeps its arms sideward.

"This is for Koji-kun, Count Brocken!" Sayaka shouts. "BREAST FIRE~~~!!"

At the same time, the Grungust Nishiki flies upward and Power Dives at the Guul as Ryoga shouts.

"GET SET! SPIRAL ATTA~~~CK!!!"

As Mazinger Z's Breast Fire slowly melts the Guul's body, the Grungust Nishiki's Spiral Attack pierced a huge hole at the body. Quickly, the head of the Guul detaches itself and flees the battle as the rest of its body explodes in mid-air.

"I was so close to achieving victory..." Count Brocken grumbles. "Curse you two! I assure you, I will get my revenge!"

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Part 5

The battle is over. Count Brocken has failed in his attack at the Photo-Atomic Power Laboratory, but not without giving severe damage to his enemy forces. Inside, work is going non-stop as engineers make their effort to repair the damaged mechs as soon as possible. Meanwhile, Professor Gennosuke Yumi, the head of the institute, summons Ryoga and Daiken to the main room of the institute.

"I'd like to express my thanks to you for helping us. My name is Gennosuke Yumi, head of this institute."

"Wow! I can't believe I'm here at this institute!" Ryoga said in excitement. "Oh, sorry! How impolite of me! My name is Ryoga Kazehino. And this is..."

"Lt. Daiken Crowe." The masked pilot of the Gespenst finally speaks. Both Professor Yumi and Ryoga were surprised. But in Ryoga's case, his surprise is not just because Daiken finally speaks.

"That voice..." Ryoga thought. "That's the same voice I heard back in that battle! Was he the one communicating with me?"

"Daiken! Is that really you?" asked Professor Yumi.

Slowly, Daiken takes off his mask and revealed his face to everyone for the first time. He had long hair reaching to his shoulders and is colored with a mixture of silver and dark blue. The shape of his eyes gives a first impression that he is Japanese but the color of his eyes is colored blue. He has a short nose and the structure of his head is somewhat oval.

"It's been a very long time, Professor." Daiken said.

"Indeed it has been." He replies. "I have not heard from you ever since that incident where..."

"Please, let's not remind ourselves of what happened at that time." Daiken interrupts.

"Incident?" Ryoga thought. "What incident?"

"Anyway, how are Irmgardt and Koji-kun?" asked Daiken.

"They are both alright," replied the Professor. "Neither of them suffered any serious injuries, but doctors say they need to rest for a few days."

"That's not necessary." Irmgardt suddenly speaks as he enters the room.

"That's right!" Koji follows behind Irmgardt. "I may have this tape on my head, but I can still pilot Mazinger Z!"

Then a young boy, who has reached the peak of his childhood, entered the room. He wears a yellow T-shirt and brown shorts and is in his sneakers. It was Koji's young brother, Shiro.

"Hey, big brother! You're not supposed to get up!"

Then Sayaka enters the room as well.

"Hey, Koji-kun! Didn't the doctor tell you to stay in bed!?!"

Then yet another person entered the room as well. He has a large built body and wears a red shirt and blue pants.

"Sayaka-chan! Care to go on a date with me tonight?"

"I've no time for that, Boss!" Sayaka replies. Then suddenly looks at the young man wearing an unusual outfit, who is none other than Ryoga himself as he is still wearing his costume from the convention center. Ryoga then notices Sayaka looking at her.

"Excuse me...are you the pilot of the Grungust Nishiki?" Sayaka asks.

"Um...yes, I am." Ryoga replies.

"I'd like to thank you for helping me in defeating Count Brocken's troops." She then makes a smile.

Ryoga could not help but keep his eyes on her. Having long brown hair and wearing a blue hair band, a cute face, a well-built body, and wearing a white, skimpy biker's outfit, Sayaka is indeed one attractive woman. Realizing he's having some perverted thoughts, Ryoga does a fake cough and scratches the back of his head and smiles back.

"Well, um...no problem! Er...glad I could help! Haha..."

"I can't believe someone's interested in this ugly looking battleaxe..." Koji grumbles, and receives a stomp on the foot by Sayaka.

"Now who are you calling ugly, Koji-kun?" Sayaka grumbles. Koji grits his teeth and tries not to yell.

"Well, now! I believe everyone is here!" Professor Yumi now speaks, and then turns his attention at Ryoga. "Ryoga-kun, I would like you to meet my daughter, Sayaka."

"Please to meet you, Ryoga-kun. I'm the pilot of Aphrodi A." Sayaka said.

"The name's Boss!" Boss then introduces himself. "Bossborot pilot!"

"I'm Shiro Kabuto." Said Shiro. "12 years old and Koji's younger brother."

"And I'm Koji Kabuto. Mazinger Z pilot." Koji said as he offers his hand to Ryoga. Ryoga immediately shakes his hand.

"It's a great honor to meet you, Mr. Kabuto!" Ryoga says in excitement. "It's been a lifelong dream of mine that I would get to meet the pilot of the Mazinger Z in person as well as seeing the Mazinger Z itself!"

"Well, well! It seems I have a big fan here." Koji replies.

"I've heard many tales about you on your achievements during the One-Year War! You were so popular in school my classmates and I show each other off by presenting our collection of Mazinger Z models! Heck! There's even an animated series about you!"

"I've become an anime character? Unbelievable!"

"It's true! I've collected the entire series!"

"Hey! Am I in that series too?" Boss interrupts.

"Of course!" Ryoga replies.

"YAHOO!" Boss shouts and strikes a pose. "I am now immortalized! 'BOSSBOROT: SAVIOUR OF PLANET EARTH'!!!"

Ryoga only drops a sweat and does a fake smile, as he knows that in the animated series, Boss spent most of his time as Comic Relief.

"By the way, Professor..." Irmgardt asks. "Can you repair our damaged Gespensts?"

"Well, because we don't have the actual parts of the Gespenst, I'm afraid we can't do much. The least we can do is to repair your damaged armor and boosters using the ones we used for the Aphrodi and Bossborot."

"That is all right, Professor, so long as our Gespensts get to be in combat-ready condition."

As Ryoga looked around, he sees three scientists looking on the monitor showing images of the Grungust Nishiki.

"Ahhh...so this is the Grungust Nishiki!" said the short, white-bearded one. "What a unique robot!"

"Look at all of its weapons!" said the tall, slim one. "Eyes Lid Laser, Bakurenda, Boost Knuckle, Split Missile, Spiral Attack, and the Maxi Blaster!"

"It also has the ability to transform itself into a fighter jet, the G-Hawk!" said the fat, tall, bald, and black-bearded one. "It also has the Nendou Field, which gives protection from almost all kinds of attack!"

"Eyes Lid Laser, Boost Knuckle..." Ryoga thought. "These are the very same commands I shouted in the battle. But how did I know these attacks?" He then decides to approach the three. "Um, excuse me..." The three then turned around.

"Ahhh! You must be the pilot!" said the short, white-bearded one. Allow us to introduce ourselves! My name is Professor Sewashi!"

"I'm Professor Nosori!" said the tall, slim one.

"And I'm Professor Mori Mori!" said the fat, tall, bald, and black-bearded one.

"How do you do? I'm Ryoga Kazehino. I'm just curious, where did you get all the data regarding the Gurngust Nishiki?"

"Oh, from this one." Professor Nosori then shows a card to Ryoga.

"Hey! Isn't that the Special Access Card?"

"Well, it's more than that, actually." Professor Nosori explains. "Other than being able to access the secret room where the new Grungust Nishiki is hidden back in Hokkaido, it also contains the blueprint and test data."

"Speaking of which..." Professor Yumi interrupts. "How were you able to get the Grungust Nishiki, Ryoga-kun? I've heard that the Convention Center where it is hidden was destroyed by Baron Ashler's forces."

Ryoga then tells the whole story.

"I see, so that's how it happened," said the Professor. "In any case, the Grungust Type II did not fall into the wrong hands, so I am thankful for that."

"Professor, if you don't mind, can you tell me more about the Grungust Nishiki?" Ryoga requested.

"Well, I'm afraid I cannot say much. All I can tell you is that the Grungust Type II is part of a secret project by the team up of the Earth Federation, Mao Industries, and DC."

"DC?" Koji wonders.

"Divine Crusaders." Sayaka explains. "It's a special company founded by Dr. Vian Zoldark. They specialize in building robots and weapons using what they call 'EOT'. I'm afraid I don't know any more than that. Didn't they tell you that during your time at the Umon Research Institute?"

"No. I'm afraid I wasn't told about that in my time there." Koji answers.

"But why hide in such a place as a convention center?" Ryoga asked.

"The place you've been is actually an underground military facility build by the Earth Federation," the Professor explains. "It was built during the One-Year War and was used mainly to store launch weapons and supply for Mobile Suits to use in battle. A few years after the Vega invasion, the facility is abandoned and the convention center is then constructed over it."

"Professor." Irmgardt interrupts. "My apologies, but I must ask that our units be ready as soon as possible. We have orders to bring the Grungust Nishiki and Kazehino to Mao Industries for discovering and piloting a top secret unit."

"Now just a minute! You can't just do that!" Koji objects. "He saved our butts back there and you treat him like some sort of a criminal???"

"Rules are rules, Koji-kun!" Irmgardt argues. "And Kazehino is aware that."

"He is correct, Mr. Kabuto." Ryoga said. "I'm willing to accept my punishment even though I've done something that's right."

Koji was speechless.

"Well, I do have some news for you." Professor Yumi speaks. "I've received a message earlier that Ms. Mao is on her way towards the Saotome Research Institute on her battleship. Since it's not too far from here, why not you all go there instead?"

Irmgardt thinks for a moment, then replies.

"All right. We'll be able to make repairs once we rendezvous with her."

"Professor, may I request that I come along with them as well?" Koji asks. "I need to talk to Professor Saotome about the return of the Mechasauruses that are now under Dr. Hell's control."

"Hmmm...you're right. I cannot believe he has now control over the Mechasauruses and those Vega Beasts. But the Medea can only carry a maximum of three units."

"Nothing to worry about!" Koji replies. "Once the Jet Scrander is repaired I can just simply fly towards the Saotome Institute with no problem!"

"I'm afraid that is not possible, Koji..." interrupts Professor Sewashi. "The missile attack from Count Brocken has destroyed the Jet Scrander completely. It will take a very long time before the Jet Scrander is once again rebuilt."

Koji was shocked to hear about it. Without the Jet Scrander, Mazinger Z is unable to fly. It would also make taking on enemy flying units a little harder to defeat.

"There is a way, though." Speaks Professor Mori Mori. "We can actually reduce the build time of the Jet Scrander if we use some of the Getter parts at the Saotome Institute."

"Not only does it reduce the building time, it could also give the Jet Scrander more power!" seconds Professor Nosori.

Koji lightly punches both of his fists together. "Darn it! Who knows what Dr. Hell will be planning next?"

Then suddenly, Sayaka had in idea on her mind. "Koji-kun? Do you remember the time you used the Weather Observation Rockets to enable Mazinger Z to fly before the Jet Scrander was built?"

"You mean when I fought that three-headed monster?" Koji asks.

"Yes. Why not use them to take you to the institute?"

Then Professor Sewashi got a brainstorm. "Hey! Great idea! We can modify those rockets to have enough fuel for Mazinger Z to fly to the institute! We can also add a temporary backpack for the rockets to be placed on Mazinger's back so it can use its Rocket Punches in combat!"

"Hey that's great!" Koji said. "How long until that can be ready?"

"We can get that ready first thing in the morning!" replied Professor Sewashi. "We can also apply the same to the Aphrodi A and the Bossborot so all three of you can go there!"

"Really!?!" Boss's eyes opened wide. "My Bossborot can now fly? ALL RIGHT!!!"

Professor Yumi then coughs to get everyone's attention. "Well, then. It seems everything is now settled. Why not we all rest for tonight and become ready first thing in the morning?"

Everyone agreed to Professor Yumi's suggestion and decided to rest up. As everyone proceeded to their quarters, Ryoga reminisced about the events that happened today. He could not believe himself that in less than 24 hours, he has discovered and piloted a top-secret robot and battled the forces of both Baron Ashler and Count Brocken, able to meet up with Koji and see the Mazinger Z in person, and now about to proceed to the home of another robot that is legendary to its name: Getter Robo. But what he really could not get off his mind is to whoever gave him instructions on battling the Metalbeasts of Count Brocken. He knows for sure that even though he was the one shouting of the Grungust Nishiki's attacks and the transformation to the G-Hawk, it was not his own will, but from the influence of someone else. His only clue to this is that the voice that was in his head sounds much like Daiken.

A minute or two passed and Ryoga and Daiken were the only ones left who have yet to be in their quarters. Ryoga could not help but think about the possible connection between the voice that was in his head and Daiken. When the two reached Daiken's quarters and is about to enter...

"Er...Lt. Crowe..." Ryoga calls and Daiken came to a halt. Both remained silent for a moment before Daiken responded.

"Well? What is it, Kazehino?"

"I was just wondering...this may sound a little crazy but...on that battle, something came to my head that let me use the Grungust's weapons, and...well, that something, its..."

Daiken remained quiet, staring at the room in front of him and not at Ryoga. Then, as he takes one step and enters the room, he replied before he closes the door.

"Get yourself some rest. We have much to do tomorrow."

Ryoga remained standing silently in front of Daiken's door to his quarters. He then sensed that the Lieutenant is definitely the one who may communicated with him. But then again, he could be wrong. Regardless, as he continues staring at the door he smiled and spoke silently.

"Thank you, Lieutenant, for helping me back there."

End of Chapter 2