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Ultraman the First
Regenerate
Chapter Four
The British Isles, 2200 Hours
Once, these islands were the home of one of the strongest and most widely spread political powers in the world. But that was long ago. After the unification of the European nations into Valhalla, all political power was moved into the new Capital City. The British Isles were abandoned, as their inhabitants followed the line of power into the Capital. Now, they were the front line of the battle between the Valhallans and the oppressive URE.
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In an abandoned village near the shores of a certain famous lake in what was once known as Scotland, a platoon of five VICTORY soldiers lay in wait in one of the buildings, where they awaited their mechanized adversaries. Outside, a fierce storm raged.
"Bloody cowards," said one of the soldiers. "Can't even fight their own wars. 'Ave to send their bloody machines to do their dirty work. Lousy…"
"Ease up soldier," Said the team commander. "Now isn't the time. Save it for the mechs."
"Just peeves me off is all. Bloody pathetic."
"Take it out on the metal heads, you'll feel better afterwards."
"Speaking of," said their female watchman.
A platoon of robot soldiers made their way through the rain. The machine-men scoured the village. The soldiers aimed their rifles at their foes and waited for the opposition to move into range. But as both sides readied for confrontation, lightning seared the sky. But the sound that followed wasn't thunder, but a terrible roar.
The soldiers, human and machine, found themselves staring up at the source of the roar that followed the lightning, just as the thunder reached their ears (and whatever the mechs used to hear). A massive form towered over the town and the ness. They couldn't make out it's form well, but they all knew it was a giant monster.
"Sonnovabitch!" Shouted one of the victory men.
"This does not compute." Said the lead mech. "We received no data on the release of a mutant in this sector."
Their confusion was soon put aside as a massive flashing appeared near the top of the massive form. The light shined through the fangs of the reptilian beast, until it culminated into a stream of energy that began blasting away at the town.
"RUN FOR IT!"
Following their leader's order, the VICTORY soldiers ran as fast as they could away from the blast. The mechs took notice of this, but didn't have time to react before the blast consumed them.
Massive flames erupted in the wake of the blast. The soldiers hit the dirt as the flames shot over their heads.
Once the flames died out, the unit commander lifted his head. "Everyone alright?"
"Not everyone…" replied one looking back.
The commander looked too. He saw the scorched corpses of two of his men. They hadn't gotten far enough from the blast to survive. The rest were lucky if their uniforms were only singed.
"Commander!" Shouted the lookout, "The monster!"
The commander looked up and watched as the massive beast began to walk away. It slowly descended into Loch Ness.
The commander sullenly and painfully stood, along with his remaining troops. "We have to tell headquarters about this."
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"We have a strange situation on our hands team," said Captain Hayata as he addressed the members of the Science Patrol. "We received word from one of our units on the British front that a monster was seen on the island."
"Is it heading here sir?" asked Reilly.
"Surprisingly, no. According to them, it seems to have holed itself up in—get ready for it—the Loch Ness."
"Wow, the irony is astounding," Said Donahue.
"Hope Nessie doesn't the company," Joked Reilly.
"What's a lockness? And who's Nessie?"
The eyes of everyone in the room turned to the sole female member of Science Patrol. Janson soon felt extremely self conscious. She had no idea what she had said, but it seems like it was a bad thing.
"What did I say?" She asked finally.
"You're kidding us, right mate?" asked Reilly.
"Here I thought she was the other smart one around here," mumbled Donahue.
"What?" she asked in frustration.
"How can you not know about the Loch Ness?" Asked Reilly.
"Is it something I should know?"
"I can't do it. It's just too unbelievable," Said Donahue, exasperated.
"Shundou, you do it," said Reilly "You're Tendouese, it'll be easier on you."
Usagi turned to Janson with a calmer demeanor than her other teammates. He seems almost amused at their overreaction to the situation. "The Loch Ness," he began, "is a lake on the British Isles. It used to be a popular tourist spot when the lands were occupied because of this old legend that a living plesiosaur resided in the lake; the Loch Ness monster, or "Nessie" as they called it. Scientists and crypto-zoologists spent years studying the lake, but never found any definite proof of the monster's existence. But a lot of hard core Nessie fanatics still believe the monster is real and that it still lives inside the Ness."
"Well no wonder I never heard of it," Said Janson, indignantly. "Sounds like a load of bollocks to me."
"How can you say that?" Asked Reilly. "It's part of our British heritage."
"For one," she said, "My ancestors are primarily French, not British…"
"Figures," said Donahue.
After huffing at Donahue's statement, Janson continued, "…secondly, I never indulged in that fantasy nonsense. I was always studious and only studied facts, not fiction."
"Boring!" Reilly and Donahue said in unison.
"AHEM!"
The team turned their attention back to Captain Hayata, left long forgotten by his bickering comrades.
"While I'm certain," he said, "that this crypto-zoological history lesson is very important, the fact remains that we have a monster sighting to investigate. Gentlemen and lady, we're going up to the front lines."
"Yes!" Said Reilly. "Finally some action."
"Let's move out!" said the captain.
The team stood up.
"VICTORY, Stand by!"
"Roger!"
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Several hours later, three Odins flew over the sea to the British Isles. Usagi flew with Reilly, Janson was flown by the captain, and Donahue flew solo. They arrived and vertically landed at the VICTORY field base. The base consisted of several camouflaged tents with armed and camo-wearing VICTORY soldiers. When the Science Patrol's fighters landed, the team got out and was greeted by the unit commander, Col. Reese.
"Nice to have you boys drop by," He said. Then he took notice of Janson and said, "Begging pardon …boys and girl could drop by."
"Nice to see you again Reese," replied the captain.
They followed Col. Reese through the camp.
"To be honest," he said. "I'm both a mite worried and a mite excited. Never thought we'd get one of those beasties in our neck of the war."
"Are you certain it's still in the Loch?" Asked the captain.
"Positive. I sent a patrol over there and get reports every hour. So far the water's calm. 'Avn't seen hide nor scale of it since my troops first encountered it."
"What if it burrowed out of the lake without your notice?" asked Donahue, recalling the serpentine Edenodon.
"Nope," Reese replied. "After that first one slipped past our line, the brains back home sent us seismographic gear to help us keep an eye out for these buggers. So far not so much as a tremor." He graciously pointed out the seismograph gear in one of the tents. As both Donahue and Janson could tell you, they had little activity.
"Can you take us to a lake?" Asked the captain.
"Sure," relied Reese. "In fact," he trailed off as he noticed someone entering camp, "here comes Johnson, he'll take you right there."
Johnson, the soldier who entered the camp, ran right up to the Colonel and saluted. "Privet Johnson reporting sir."
Reese saluted back. "At ease son." Then he motioned to Hayata's team. "This is the Science Patrol. HQ sent them to help deal with our new neighbor. Can you lead them to the loch?"
"Yes sir," the soldier replied. "But sir…"
"Yes son?"
"We've been having trouble with the locals again."
"Locals?" asked Usagi in surprise. "I thought the Isles were abandoned years ago."
"They were," said the Colonel, "at least for the most part. But it turns out that there are a few remaining isolationist groups that refused to cross over with the rest. Far as we can tell, they've set up a ruralistic society."
"Then the war started," stated Reilly.
"Exactly. Naturally we've offered them a free ride to the mainland, but they refuse to leave. Instead, they keep trying to give us the boot. They say they can take care of themselves. I say they're in over their heads."
"We'll keep that in mind," replied Hayata. "Let's move."
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"How far Privet?"
"Not far now sir," Johnson replied to the captain.
They had only been traveling ten minutes into the woods at this point. The camp wasn't far from the Loch, a less than twenty minute jog.
"What can you tell us about the locals?" asked Reilly.
"Oh, they're okay folks," replied Johnson. "They just like peace and quite is all. Can't blame'em for being cross. I know I wouldn't want a war raging next to my home if I hadn't agreed to it." Then they broke through the trees. "Well, here she be. The Loch Ness."
Everyone stared as the broad and beautiful lake came into view. Everyone was taken by the great landscape that laid out before them.
"The others are this way," said Johnson. "Follow me."
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After a quick stop to meet the other scouts, Reilly, Usagi, Donahue, and Janson followed Johnson to the attack site while the captain awaited their return at the watchpoint. Once they arrived, Donahue took out his element analyzer and immediately began to study the scorched land. The others watched and waited to see if any opposition came on them.
"Say, Johnson," Said Janson. "What do you think of Nassie?"
"Huh?" He grunted. "Oh, you mean Nessie?"
"Yeah. I mean, you guys hang around here a lot. Anyone claim to see him?"
Johnson looked over her head (she's only about four and a half feet tall) and looked questioningly at the others. Is she serious? His eyes seemed to say.
"Frenchie," was what Reilly said in response.
Ah, Johnson silently stated as he continued, "First off lass, Nessie's always referred to as she. And as for seeing her… Well, there are always a few guys who say they see something sticking out of the lake at night, but never anything definite. So far, the only monster in that Loch that I know of for sure is the one that did this."
"Did you see it?" Asked Usagi.
"Yep," replied Johnson. "Got the partially scorched uniform and second degree burns to prove it."
"Only second?" replied Donahue as he walked up to them. "That's impressive, all things considered."
"Find something?" Asked Janson.
"Plasma burns," replied Donahue. "What you boys reported as lightning shooting out of its mouth was really bursts of plasma. Nasty."
"There's something else," Johnson said. "To be honest, I have no idea why it didn't hit me before. Maybe it's just being here again…"
"What is it?" Usagi asked with interest.
"The mechs," Johnson continued. "The ones we were fighting. I'm sure I heard them say they didn't know the monster would be there."
"That's weird," replied Reilly. "From what I heard, URE soldiers are satellite linked. If URE sent a monster out, they'd be automatically updated."
"A mystery for a later time," replied Usagi. "We have to report to Hayata-taicho."
"Right, lets move."
But, just as they readied to leave, the sound of a gunshot rang through the air and dust was kicked up by the bullet just in front of them. Soon they realized they were surrounded by at least a dozen people with shot guns. They were all dressed in old fashioned rural clothes and they all had their guns pointed at the VICTORY soldiers.
One man, apparently in his mid forties, walked up to them. "Get off our land," he said in a heavy Scottish accent.
"I'm guessing," said Reilly, "that these good folks are the locals."
"Yep," replied Johnson.
"That's right," The man continued. "And we want you wankers off our land. Take your bloody war with you."
"Look sir," said Usagi, "no one wants this war, least of all us who are fighting it," he motioned slightly to Johnson. "But you have to realize that it's not as simple as you think. The war won't just go away."
"Yeah," said Reilly. "As of right now these islands are the front lines. They're a key defense point in this war. If we leave, the URE will plow right over you guys. Don't you see, the only way you lot will be safe is if you leave."
"We don't need your protectin' no more," replied the man. "We have protection of our own."
"You think shotguns will save you from mech soldiers?" asked Janson.
"No," replied the man. Then he pointed to the Loch. "But he will."
They looked at the calm lake. They knew what he was implying but found it unbelievable that he thought that.
"You think that thing's going to protect you?" Asked Usagi. "That's nuts."
"Of course he will. He's a gift from the Loch. Just like his mum, he watches over us. He will strike down those who would oppress us."
"Should be coming up soon chief," said a young local man, looking at an old fashioned wristwatch.
The man looked intensely at the lake as he spoke to the VICTORY soldiers, "You lot are going to want to see this."
A few seconds passed. Then the water started bubbling, then a violent explosion of water erupted from the Loch. A massive form emerged from the water. It stood on two stocky legs. It appeared tyrannosaurus-like at first. The major differences were that it's arms were longer and the forearms were fin-like with long, clawed fingers. A long fish-like dorsal fin lined its back. Its head was reptilian, and a large frill encircled its neck. It's skin was a dark green with orange and yellow patches on its stomach and the crown of its head. It roared loudly into the air.
"Behold, my friends," said the man. "Jirass! The guardian of the highlands. The great beast of the Loch."
Jirass roared again into the sky. The VICTORY soldiers were speechless. All except for Janson, whose only words were, "My god…"
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Captain Hayata looked on from a distance at the reptilian horror that had just emerged from the Loch. "Kaiju da."
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Jirass roared into the air again. It shifted around in the water then slowly lowered itself back in. Within seconds, the water was calm. It was as if it had never been there.
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Some time later, the VICTORY soldiers found themselves being lead through the woods at gunpoint back to the base camp. As they walked, Usagi noticed a large house on the hill. From its vantage point, it would have a good view of the Loch and its surrounding lands. What really caught Usagi's notice was the satellite dish on its roof, as well as smoke coming from the chimney.
"Hey," he said, "who lives there?"
"The Doc," replied the man from before.
"The Doc?" inquired Donahue.
"Aye. The Doc came here some years ago lookin' fer our Nessie. What he found was just as good. Nessie's egg."
"That's where Jirass came from?" asked Reilly.
"Yes. Nessie's child. He trained it to protect us. You should tell your bosses if they want to avoid unwanted deaths, they should leave us alone."
Suddenly, a series of low flying fighters swooped over their heads. All the gunmen were distracted and the well trained VICTORY soldiers quickly took advantage of the distraction. They knocked down their captors and started running. Reilly and Usagi drew their side arms and loaded stun-shells, (an invention of Donahue's, meant to be used as crowd control; rubber bullets that are non fatal but house a mini tazer stunner). They fired rounds which knocked out some of their captors.
Janson, Donahue and Johnson managed to escape into the woods while Usagi and Reilly headed up the hill to the Doc's, hoping to learn more.
"Boss," said one of the remaining men to the speaker. "What'll we do now."
"Leave'em," replied the boss. "They know our demands. Let's just get the wounded back to the village."
"What about Doc?" said another man. "I saw two of them head up to his place."
The boss picked up one of the fallen men. "Ne'er mind Doc. He can take care of himself. Ev'ry one back to the village."
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Reilly and Usagi reached the hillside house and, with rifles drawn, ran in. They scanned the house but found it empty. They nearly gave up when…
"Shundou!" called Reilly from the kitchen.
Usagi ran to the kitchen to find Reilly pushing aside the refrigerator and revealing a door. After trying the knob and finding it locked, they aimed their laser rifles at the door and blasted it open. The two entered into the hidden cellar and shifted through the darkness. Just as they entered into a brighter and more open area, Usagi was knocked down by an unseen force.
"Shundou!" exclaimed Reilly. He helped Usagi into an upright position. "You okay mate?"
"Nnnn… yeah," Usagi groaned. "What hit me?"
Reilly stood up and pulled a bullet from his belt. The bullet was tossed to where Usagi was standing, but then a wave of energy appeared in mid-air and knocked it back towards them. "Force-field," Reilly observed.
"Very good officer."
The voice originated inside the room which they had just entered. A middle-aged man in a lab coat with brown hair appeared from the darkness. He stood on the other side of the barrier.
"With a war going on outside," he said, "one can't be to careful with home security."
"Who are you?" Reilly demanded.
"I am Dr. Robert Martin, PhD."
This got Usagi's attention. "Dr. Martin? The geneticist who disappeared a year ago?"
"The very same."
"Whoa," replied Reilly. "Ron talks about you all the time. Says you were one of the best in your field; then you suddenly vanished. He also said you had an interest in dinosaurs…"
"That's true," replied the doctor. "I was fascinated with dinosaurs. They were the center of my research." He moved towards a wall in the cave. "For years I tried to clone a dinosaur using genetic samples we'd gathered over the years, but to no avail.
"Then one day, Dr. Greyves—a colleague of mine who you may remember also went missing a year ago—made a strange claim. He claimed that he had found genuine proof of the Loch Ness monster's existence during an expedition here. But no one took him seriously and the proof was never looked at or even bothered with at all. At first I, like my peers in the scientific community, was skeptical of his claim. But I had known the man for many years. I knew Greyves was not prone to wild, unjustified statements without some proof. When I asked privately to see his proof, I was astounded."
He then flipped a switch on the wall. The switch illuminated a glass case which held a large hatched eggshell, much larger than any ordinary egg. This shocked Reilly and Usagi to no end.
"The eggshell of a plesiosaur," the doctor continued. "Fresh, unfossilized, genuine proof of the existence of such a creature still living in the lake. Safe to say we were both ecstatic. We immediately set out for the British Isles in hopes of finding the monster itself.
"Using submersible vehicles we found undersea caves in the Loch. It was there we found a massive nest, with new eggs waiting to be born." He moved over to another wall in the secret lab. "It was there that inspiration struck me. What if I could use these eggs, cross breed them with the DNA of other dinosaurs before they were fully developed? What if I used real dinosaur eggs to clone new dinosaurs?"
"That's nuts!" exclaimed Reilly.
"…And unethical," stated Usagi.
"That's what my partner said," The doctor replied. "Greyves said we had no right to do anything to these creatures without at least discussing it with our peers." His voice grew more agitated as he went on, "I knew that my idea would be rejected, but I had worked all my life towards the goal of reviving the dinosaurs and now I had found a way. I would not be denied my right as a scientist. I knew Greyves would never agree to this and that he would inform the authorities of this matter. So I decided that he needed to be removed from the picture entirely."
"My God!" said Usagi. "You killed him?"
"You sick bastard!" Reilly exclaimed in disgust.
The doctor continued as if he hadn't heard them, "Over the course of several months I worked night and day to make my theories work. When straight cloning seemed to fail, I began trying to create hybrids to fill in any genetic gaps." He turned on another light, revealing glass tubes with the corpses of various dinosaur hybrids, still in their infantile stages, floating in formaldehyde inside. "Still, failure upon failure befell me. Then, finally, one of my experiments bore fruit. From the very last of the eggs, my success was born."
"Jirass," said Usagi contemptuously.
"A name the people have given him," the doctor replied. "A bit of a play on the word Jurassic. The people don't know he's a mutant. I told them his appearance is natural and they believe me." His voice became softer. "I really do care for them you know; these people. That's why when it became clear that war was brewing, I began injecting Jirass with enhanced growth hormones in order to increase his size and strength. As an unexpected bonus, one of his glands mutated, giving him the ability to spit plasma. With his strength, no one would dare strike here again."
"That's crazy!" Shouted Usagi, standing up. "There's no way in hell you can control that thing."
"Ah how wrong you are," replied the doctor as he moved to the back of the chamber. Once there, he turned on a massive computer control station. The monitors came alive giving out video-feeds of the outside and satellite readings. "Thanks to a special chip in his skull, I can control Jirass' actions to a sizable degree. By manipulating the chemicals in his brain, I can simulate the danger instincts inherent in all animals and drive him to attack anyone I wish." He then looks up at a monitor and sees Odins flying over the Loch. "It seems your comrades have called in help. Now they will pay for disturbing the peace here." He began typing in commands into his computer. "Rise Jirass," he said darkly. "Rise and destroy those who stand against us!"
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The Loch began to shift as its largest occupant began to rise from the depths. Jirass emerged from the water and roared its fury.
In the distance, Captain Hayata, Col. Reese and their troops watched as the monster arose from the Loch.
Reese picked up a radio, "All fighters, engage the monster!"
The jets flew at Jirass and lasers blazed against the monster's hide. Jirass replied by releasing its plasma breath on the fighters. Several were blown away by the beam of plasma. The others came at it with missiles, which cause some damage, but not enough.
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"Fools," said the doctor maniacally. "Jirass cannot be beaten!"
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One of the fighters moved behind the massive reptile and targeted the back of its head, just below the neck frill. The missile was launched and hit dead on. Jirass roared in searing pain as something hidden inside its body began to fail.
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The feedback from the destroyed chip began to affect the doctor's computer. Sparks were flying as the doctor's computer overloaded from the feedback.
"NO!" He cried. "JIRASS!!!"
The barrier which held Usagi and Reilly shut off, but once they realized that the computer was going to blow, they grabbed the doctor and headed out. The doctor watched in shock as all his work was consumed in flames as the computer blew.
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Reilly and Usagi pulled the doctor out as the flames from the blast began to reach the house.
Reilly looked back. "The chip's destruction," he observed, "must've caused the satellite system to malfunction. It must've needed a strong signal to reach the beast."
"And without something to signal to," Usagi finished, "the signal doubled back on itself and overloaded the computer."
They looked as Jirass' roar reached them from down the hill. They could see it moving out of the Loch and onto land, following the direction of the unknown thing which just attacked it. At first they were relieved that it was heading away from the base camp, until Reilly noticed a clearing in the monster's path. He pulled out a set of high-tech binoculars and turned them towards the clearing. Sure enough he saw small rural houses and farms.
"Shit!" he exclaimed. "The beastie's headed towards the village."
"What'll we do?" Asked Usagi.
"I don't… uff!"
Suddenly, Dr. Martin elbowed Reilly, causing him to loose grip. The doctor pulled free of Usagi and ran into the woods. They lost sight of him.
"I'll handle the doc," Usagi said, rifle drawn. "You better warn the villagers; and tell the Odins to try and hold it off or change its course."
"Right," Reilly said. He jogged a few feet towards the village before stopping and calling back, "Take care of yourself Shundou!"
"Hai!" Usagi called back.
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Reilly ran down the hill at a good pace. He activated his comm. "All fighters, this is Lieut. Maxwell Reilly of Science Patrol. Listen, I need you to try to slow that thing down as much as you can. It's on a direct course with the local village. I'm gonna try to evacuate but I need time."
"Roger Lieut. We'll do what we can."
"Thanks mates." Reilly continued running. Where's Ultraman when we need him?
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Usagi ran through the woods, looking for the doctor. He spotted him for a second and fired stun rounds. The rounds missed and the chase continued.
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As the jets distracted Jirass, slowing his progress, Reilly reached the village. The people were shocked by his arrival as he stopped to catch his breath.
Once he settled down enough, he shouted, "Everyone! You need to get out of here now! Jirass is headed this way!"
"Fool," said the leader. "this is your retribution for disturbing the Ness. Jirass is our salvation from all this. He will never attack us!"
"That's not true," Reilly exclaimed. "The device Dr. Martin used to control it has been destroyed. If you don't leave you'll all die."
"Ridiculous," cried a woman. "Jirass protects us! He is the guardian of the…"
"Look at that thing!!!" Reilly shouted, pointing at Jirass while it destroyed more fighters. "It's a monster! A freak of science created by a man with no respect for nature or scientific ethics! It's no divine protector! It's an animal driven by raw instinct; and right now its instincts are driving it this way! You have to leave!"
"Our people lived here for hundreds of years," said the chief contemptuously, "and you expect us to just leave?"
"I expect you to make a choice," Reilly continued, "the smart choice. What's more important? Traditions of he past?" He pointed to a group of children huddling around their mother, "Or your children's futures?"
The chief looked at the scared children, then turned and relized why they were scared. Jirass was still drawing closer. For the first time he saw how truly menacing it was. He sighed as he resolved what to do. Then he turned to his people and said, "Everyone evacuate. Tell your neighbors. Take nothing save your family, don't weigh yourself down. Move now!"
Reilly sighed in relief as everyone began running. People informed family and friends to run and everyone was moving out.
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Usagi stopped searching and watched as Jirass drew ever closer to the village. Damn, he thought. Even if they escape the village they'll never outrun it. He holstered his gun and reached into his vest. Martin can wait. It's time to step up. He pulled out the Beta Capsule.
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Reilly and the chief worked hard to move out everyone. They made sure there were no starglers and that all the children had adults looking after them. Reilly turned and looked up in horror. Jirass was standing high over the clearing and was charging plasma in its mouth.
"Damn!" he shouted. "We're too late!"
Jirass readied to let loose…
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Usagi brought the capsule to his chest, then brought it to his right side holding his left hand over it, then put his left hand by his right hip as he raised the capsule into the air and pressed the switch…
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In a flash a red vortex appeared. From that vortex a silver and red giant emerged. "Shiaah!"
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…Just as Jirass was about to fire, a silver hand grabbed its neck and pushed it back so the plasma shot into the atmosphere. The beast broke free of the hand, turned to its right and found itself face to face with Ultraman.
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The chief looked on in amaze at the silver armored giant. "What it that?" He asked Reilly, stunned.
Reilly smiled. "That, sir, is Ultraman. Our true protector."
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"Captain!" shouted Donahue, looking across the lake, "Ultraman's here!"
"About damn time,' replied the Captain stoically as he dragged on a cigarette. He watched the giant superhero get into a fighting stance. Tatakae, Urutoraman.
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Ultraman stood his ground. Jirass roared at the silver warrior, its natural instincts lableing him a threat. Jirass swung its claws at Ultraman, who blocked said claws and kicked Jirass in the gut. Ultraman back-flipped into a fighting stance again as Jiass stumbled. The beast shot plasma at the hero as Ultraman dodged left, letting the plasma hit the side of a hill, kicking up many rocks. Once upright, Ultraman threw an energy disk at the beast which painfully struck its neck frill. Ultraman ran up to the beast and grabbed the injured frill and tugged on it. This caused Jirass much pain. Finally, Ultraman yanked os hard he yanked a large section of the frill off. Jirass roared in pain and anger as blood poured from where the frill was formerly connected.
Ultraman tossed down the frill as Jirass charged at him. The dinosaur-monster tackled Ultraman to the ground and chopped at him with its fin-like forearms. Ultraman knocked it off; but before he could get up, Jirass fired its plasma at him. Ultraman cried out as the plasma burned his body. As the blast continued, Ultraman's color timer started flashing.
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"What's that red light mean?" asked the chief.
Reilly answered, "It means he's running out of time."
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Ultraman managed to get to his knees as Jirass readied to fire upon him again. Before it could though, Ultraman brought his hands to his left side and held his right hand over his left. A beam emitted from the left hand and collided with the released plasma and pushed it back until both beams collided with Jirass' face. The beast roared in pain.
Ultraman ran up and grabbed Jirass. Then, with unbelievable strength, he lifted it and threw it at the hill.
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The doctor was still running as another shock wave hit the hill. He turned towards the source and saw his creation. He ran towards the creature, shouting its name.
Jirass, with its exceptional hearing, detected the sound of the doctor's voice. When it saw him, its mind was flooded with memories. At first they were pleasant memories of its adolecence, the doctor nurturing it like its parent. Then the memories turned gruesome as it recalled the doctor poking and prodding it, cutting into its head and leaving the painful chip, then injecting it with the painful hormones that caused its mouth to burn and its body to painfully stretch. In its rage it brought its claw down on the man. The doctor screamed as justice was served upon him.
"JIRASS!!!!!"
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Jirass stood up, its claw red with fresh blood. Ultraman didn't see this. He punched the creature in the face and chest, driving it towards the Loch. Jirass painfully charged its plasma again; but Ultraman ran right up to it and formed and thrust an energy disk right into its chest. Rather than plasma, Jirass spat out blood. It staggered backward as its wound drained of blood.
Ultraman thrust his arms to the left and them raised them crossed over his head, charging his finisher. Jirass tried moving towards him, but it was too late. Specium Slayer… Ultraman brought his arms into the plus position …Light Stream! The white stream of specium shot from his hand at Jirass. The blast hit it and the creature fell, dead; its body was set aflame. Ultraman looked about for a second until he found the frill he had torn off his opponent. He threw it into the flames, nodded and, with his timer flashing faster and faster, leaped into the air and flew off into the sky. "Shuuwat!"
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Some hours later, the Science Patrollers stood on the shores of the Loch Ness. They watched the calm waters as locals were being moved into aerial transports behind them.
Reilly spoke up, "I'm glad the chief agreed to move his people to the agricultural providence on the mainland. They'll have good jobs there and can return here after the war ends."
"If the war ends," replied Janson, sullenly.
"You have to believe that it will Janson," remarked Usagi. "Belief gives people strength."
"Like how this lot believed in the Ness?" said Janson, motioning towards the villagers. "That sure panned out well."
"It's true that they're belief proved to be ill placed," replied Reilly. "But I'm sure they'll find something sturdier to hold onto."
"Guys!" shouted Donahue. "Look!!" He pointed out into the Ness.
The others watched as a long, graceful neck reached high above the water in the near distance. The head looked about then dove back down with its neck, its large body, and its long, flipper-ended tail following. They all looked on in awe as the legend disappeared once again into the depths.
"Just have to believe," Usagi restated.
Janson smiled, as glimmer appeared in her eyes that she had thought left long ago.
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Yogata!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally I finished chapter four!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have to tell you. It's been a long time coming and I'm glad it's finally done. This may be one of my best chapters yet (and possibly my longest). Jirass is one of my favorites from the original Ultraman, if only because he's the closest we'll ever get to an Ultraman V.S. Godzilla battle. I changed his description to make him less of a Godzilla rip off for my story's purposes.
Next chapter: Escaped monsters are loose in the countryside. An invincible beast hunts a tiny creature who only wants peace. More classic monsters. Try to guess who. Also, the appearance of a new weapon to the VICTORY fleet.
Kaiju in this chapter:
Jirass (Duh)
