Super Robot Wars Alpha Clash: Book 2 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. Daiken Crow and Axel Hawkins are property of Rurounin Mao and used with permission. Comments and suggestions are welcomed via e-mail at

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Due to so many series of unfortunate events that I have gotten myself into, this may very well be my last chapter of the series again. However, I do intend to continue writing series when I have the time to do so. I thank all the readers for supporting me and for your patience.

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Chapter 2:
"Awaken! Brave Hero Raideen!"

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Part 1

Legend has it that during the ancient times demons rose from the earth and ruled Egypt, engulfing it in darkness and chaos. The ancient Egyptians lived in a time of terror under the demons' rule. In hope of salvation, the ancient priests of Egypt prayed to the Sun God, Ra, to bring light back to the darkness.

The Sun God was angry at the despicable acts the demonic empire made over his people, and thus, waged a war against them. Ra emerged victorious after defeating their ruler, Barao, and the demonic empire is banished. However, Ra used up nearly all of his power to defeat Barao and it is only a matter of time before the great Sun God passes away.

Ra knew that when he dies, the demonic empire would surely rise again. And so before his death, the Sun God placed a seal on the demons that would prevent them from returning to the surface for thousands of years. And if in the event the demons successfully break the seal, Ra created the Mutron, a stone whose power grows within the sands of time. The Mutron is to be placed within a giant stone guardian, which the ancient Egyptians built as a tribute to their god. The guardian, given the name 'Raideen', will awaken when the son of Ra summons it. The son of Ra shall live among men as a man, and will be reincarnated every generation to prepare for the day Raideen must be summoned to battle the demons underneath the earth, and the dark skies above.

As mythological as it sounds, the legend of Raideen became true in the One-Year War when the demons of Barao rose from the surface and wreck havoc in Egypt and around the world, this time under the leadership of Barao's descendant, Prince Sharking. It is then that the son of Ra, reincarnated as a young Japanese-Egyptian named Akira Hibiki, summoned Raideen and waged battle against the demons of Barao. History repeats itself as Akira succeeds in defeating Sharking and Barao's demons with the aid of the 13th Autonomous Corps. But just as it happened in ancient times, Raideen is heavily damaged at the end of the battle and breaks itself apart.

7 years have now passed.

Somewhere beneath the sands of Egypt lies the very world where these demons, now known by the Earth Federation and the Mutropolis Organization as the Youma Empire, gathered and are preparing for a ritual. The demons kneeled and bowed to the giant stone idol of the god of the Youma Empire who was defeated by Ra. At the foot of the idol are two individuals, an old demon covered in a black robe, most likely the high priest of the Youma Empire. The other is more human in appearance. A red mask covers his eyes to conceal his face and he wears a crown like that of the pharaohs of ancient Egypt. The high priest now kneels and chants a dark prayer to the stone idol while the masked individual looks over at the demons who are praising his name:

"Shar...king"
"Shar...king"
"Shar...king"
"Why must you bother reviving a monster that is defeated many times before?" Sharking grunted as he turns toward the priest, Belostan. "No matter how many times it has summoned, or how many of them they are, they will always be defeated"
"My Prince," Belostan replied. "You have forgotten that the Bustodon feeds upon the negative spirits of man. As long as there is hatred within the hearts of men, the Bustodon will always be reborn. Even Ra himself cannot destroy our greatest monster.
Now is the time our Fossil Beast is be awakened once again. The son of Ra remains in slumber and its guardian is destroyed. If it not for that 'light' that fell from the sky, we would have our chance to destroy them both once and for all. But that 'light' is also a sign of what is to come"
"I very well know of the prophecy, priest!" the prince retorts. "That 'God of Destruction' will come down from the skies with an army of enormous numbers. And they will consume everything on this earth"
"Yes, their arrival will definitely mean our end. That is why if we are to survive, we must gather our forces and obtain the Mutron while the son of Ra is asleep"
"You'd better hope your plan works, priest. For I will go and witness the son of Ra's end with my own eyes..."

Then, the eyes of the stone idol glowed followed by a loud roar. It was the roar of Barao. Sharking and Belostan immediately kneeled to the true leader of the Youma Empire.

"Shar...king..." Barao growled. "Shar...king"
"Yes, father." Sharking responds. His head bowed.
"Shar...king..." Barao growled even louder. "SHAR...KING"
"I understand, father. I promise you, we will have the Mutron and we will defeat the gods of destruction."

And that, Barao roared loudly...

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Part 2

The Mutropolis Base. Some would call it the Mutron Fortress. Others call it simply as Mutronius. Whatever the name, located just on the eastern coast of Japan, this is the very headquarters of the Mutropolis Organization. Like the DC Branch in Yokosuka, the Mutropolis Base sits just a few hundred meters away from the mainland. Not surprisingly, it is large enough to fit in a small army of robots should the base be attacked. But what is surprising is that within the mainland area lies an unusual mountain cliff that has the shape of an Egyptian pharaoh facing the ocean. One can easily think that the pharaoh's face was carved intentionally because of how alive the face looked.

Inside the base, the ship where the Experts of Justice were ridden into has docked itself in. Both Giant Robo and the Grungust Type-II have been transferred to the launching deck of the base. However, they're not the only ones stored there. Side by side with the two is another robot - one of the R Machines that Shu mentioned before. Ryoga, Yoshiko, and the Experts of Justice gazed upon the R-1.

"So they're the ones Prof. Shirakawa mentioned," said Taisou. "The 'R Machines"
"Wow! They look awesome!" Daisaku said in amazement.
"It's hard to believe that these three are just as powerful as Mazinger Z or Getter Robo while having the look and agile performance of the Gundams..." Yoshiko comments.

Ryoga kept quiet as he gazed upon one of the SRX robots. His mind completely boggled up. Not only that he has seen the R-1 with his own eyes but he is also inside the Mutropolis Base, the very base where the remains of Raideen said to be buried. He knows that the pharaoh carving outside is actually the face of Raideen, made in memory of its effort to save Japan from the Youma Empire's invasion.

Then, a group of individuals appear. One of them who's ahead of the group is a tall looking man with loads of muscle and wears dark green overalls. He had a mustache and beard to boot. On his right is a man dressed in a white suit and dark glasses to cover his eyes. Like the tall man, he had short hair, had a smaller mustache and a beard, but their grayish color reveals his age. On his left is another man wearing a white Chinese robe. He had long hair that's tied to his back and carries a fan on his hand. Behind the three men are three other individuals. One is a blond-haired, slightly freckled girl whose body and outfit almost suggest she's one tough lady. The second is a man probably reaching his 30's and looks like a sincere person. And the third is a nerdy kid with glasses. The Experts of Justice noticed the individuals' arrival and gave their salutation. Dr. Yasunishi approached them and gave her greetings as well.

"It is good to see you all again," Dr. Yasunishi bows.
"As do you," said the tall individual. "I'm glad to know that you are well"
"Yes, the Experts of Justice have done a exceptional job"
"Well done, you all," the Chinese man said to the Experts. "You all can take a break for the time being. It's been quite a journey for all of you"
"Hey hey! Finally! We got ourselves a break!" Tetsugyu grins as he smacks his knuckles. "Let's go have a drink! Hey, Ginrei! Wanna join me?"

But when Tetsugyu looked, he finds Ginrei and Daisaku already leaving the area. And Ginrei giving Daisaku a big hug from behind. "So, why say we spend a little time together outside, hmm, Daisaku"
"Sure!" Daisaku answered happily.

Everyone could see Tetsugyu's jaw dropping out. Drop after drop of tears from his eyes. And even mucus oozing out of his nose. "WHY! WHY IS SHE'S ALWAYS MAKING OUT WITH THAT PUNY LITTLE KID!?! HE'S JUST 12 FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!"

Before things could get out of hand, Taisou pulls out his bottle filled with sake and quickly puts it in Tetsugyu mouth. Tetsugyu calms down and like a baby, curls up and sucks the bottle dry. Taisou then lifts up the big guy and slowly leaves the deck, apologizing to everyone. "Sorry about that. I'll take care of it"
"Now what was that all about?" Ryoga asks in confusion. Everybody else simply sweatdrops over the whole matter.
"Anyway," the tall man coughs. "You must be Ryoga Kazehino. I am Kamamiyadera, Chief of Staff of the Mutropolis Organization. To my right is Chujo Shizuo, Chief of the Experts of Justice. And on my left is Master Go, Chief Scientist of this facility. The other three are my Bulgler pilots, Rei Asuka, Chikara Jinguuji, and Tarou Sarumaru."

The Bulgler, Ryoga thought. It must be that ship. He then bows to everyone in greeting. "Please to meet you all"
"Welcome to the Mutropolis Base, young Kazehino." Master Go greeted. "We know that your friends from the White Base Kai are on their way here from Point Kasarelia. We welcome you as our guest"
"Point Kasarelia? You mean from then Czechoslovakia? Why coming from all the way there"
"There was news that the Zanscare Empire invaded the area upon learning that the League Militaire are stationed on that country with a new Gundam model," Chujo explains. "So the White Base Kai left immediately after their visit from the Nanbara Connection to investigate"
"The League Militaire?" "They're a small civilian resistance group who opposed the Zanscare's campaign of taking over the world. They do not serve under the Federation, but they were helpful in keeping the Zanscare off of Earth, as well as the Zeons and the like"
"But how is it that the League are able to build their own Gundam?" Yoshiko asks. "Wasn't the Federation the only one that can build it"
"I can explain that!" said the nerdy kid, Sarumaru. "When the Vega Invasion ended in NWC 183, the Federation halted all development of Mobile Suits and concentrated on the building of the SDF-1. Because of this, when the Federation needed to rebuild their Mobile Suit force, they allowed manufacturers like Anaheim Electronics to view the blueprints of the First Gundam, the RX-78. The manufacturers will then be able to use the designs of the First Gundam as a base to build their own version of a Gundam for Federation use, so it's possible the League Militaire did the same thing for their own Gundam as well"
"I see..." Ryoga replied.
"In any case," Chujo interrupts. "While you wait for the White Base Kai, you are free to take a break along with the others. The first field test for the R-1 robot will commence in a few hours so you may join us to see the testing if you wish"
"Really?" Yoshiko asks. "Wow! This is great, Ryo! We can get to see the new mech in action"
"Say," Sarumaru said in a high tone, like he had an idea, and asks Ryoga. "Since we are to commence the R-1 test, is it all right if you would be its opponent in combat"
"Opponent?" Ryoga asks.
"You ARE the pilot of the Grungust Type-II right? So you should have mastered the unit's T-Link System by now and have access to all its weapons and can transform in the G-Hawk. Your unit is perfect tackling against the R-1 in land and air and we will able to obtain a more thorough combat data"
"Sarumaru!" Rei Asuka, the blond-haired girl, scolds. "You should not ask him such a favor! Especially in front of the chiefs! We have targeting systems anyway so why have to go against the Grungust Type-II and risk both units taking damage"
"Think, Rei!" Sarumaru answered. "Both units are still experimental, and having the two slug it out will allow their full potential to be released. Besides, the Grungust pilot and the R-1 pilot have received a lot of fame lately, so I'm sure they'll do fine against each other"
"Hmmm...when you think about it," Chikara, the other Bulgler pilot comments. "It does make perfect sense"
"What do you all think?" Kamamiyadera asks.
"It does make perfect sense," Master Go replied. "Why not"
"The combat data we will get from these two units will be more thorough and accurate indeed. It will make the evaluation of both units easier." Chujo seconded.
"I've seen how the Grungust did against the forces of Big Fire," Dr. Yasunishi said. "I'm sure it will not disappoint us in this test"
"It's settled, then." Kamamiyadera decides. "We will commence the field test with the R-1 going against the Grungust Type-II in addition to the standard tests." He then turns to Ryoga. "Surely, you will accept this, right"
"I'd be honored to, sir." Ryoga bows. "But who is this R-1 pilot"
"Hahaha!" Kamamiyadera laughs a bit. "He's just as young as you are! Please, come with us. You will meet him soon enough as well as other members of the SRX Project."

Meanwhile, at the control center of the Mutron Fortress, a group of young kids have been wandering around the area, their eyes opened wide in amazement, as they've never been in a place like it before. However, their consistent split ups are giving their two teachers, a male and a female, some headaches.

"Everyone, please, stick together!" the female teacher pleads. "This is not a playground"
"Come on, you guys," the male said to the kids. "Do what she says now. We don't want to get into trouble."

Lucky for them, the rest of the staff inside the control center helped out. Eventually, the children have finally gathered together. And good timing too as Kamamiyadera enters from the automatic doors on one side of the room.

"Oh, Kamamiyadera, sir!" the female startles. "I'm so sorry! We kind of"
"Not to worry, Mari," the Mutronius commander replies. The children began stepping back a little bit upon seeing the commander being so tall and muscular. Kamamiyadera does notice the children's backing and kneels toward them. He gives a mean stare at the children, and as the young ones want to step back further and run away, the Mutron Fortress commander starts making out funny faces. It all ends in a good laugh. "You kids, be careful now, ok?" the commander addresses them. The children waved goodbye as they follow Mari, the sweet young brunette-haired woman in a pink dress, out of the room. The male one, however, stayed behind.
"So, Akira-kun," Chujo asks. "How are you feeling"
"I'm all right, sir. Though the school children 'tend to cause a bit of trouble, but it's not much of a problem"
"That's good to hear. I'd like to introduce to you to Ryoga Kazehino, the pilot of the Grungust Type-II"
"How do you do, Ryoga-kun?" Akira offers a handshake. "I'm Akira, Akira Hibiki"
"Please to meet you, Hibiki-san." Ryoga accepts the handshake. Akira may be a Japanese name, he thought, but he almost doesn't look like one. The short hair, the slim but slightly muscular body, and his facial structure suggests he's half Japanese and other being of Middle Eastern descent. In addition, Akira wears a soccer uniform, suggesting he is a school gym teacher.

Then, Ryoga's Psycho Sense started tingling, though it was not as if he or anyone else is in danger. But he felt something strange about Akira. It was as if he had some kind of power within him too. Could he be another Psycho Driver, he thought.

What he doesn't know is that Akira senses Ryoga's own Psycho Sense and he has thoughts about the Grungust pilot as well. "I can sense he has a very strong potential. So strong it's almost destructive. But it seems he is a good man, so he may provide a bright future for all of us"
"Please forgive the clothes I wear," Akira said to Ryoga. "As you can see, the children are soccer players from a local school and I'm their team captain. We visit here at Mutropolis as part of the field trip after they won the national championship a few days back"
"Really? Uh, congratulations," Ryoga replied. "But why wear a uniform"
"Well, I was very active in their practice sessions and the kids have sort of attached to me in a soccer uniform. They don't like me being in any other form of clothing"
"I see everybody is all here," a voice said and breaks the conversation between Ryoga and Akira. It came from another door as three more individuals came in. Two grown men and one young boy, probably at around the age of 12. The voice came from the man with tall hair and wears a neatly conditioned brown suit. He also had a unique hairstyle as his dark blue hair is straightened up in such a way one can imagine it looking like a ball of fire. The other man is in a black suit and happens to be wearing a pair of black gloves. Though he had short black hair, he appears to be American as opposed to the other and the boy who are both Japanese. The young boy also had a suit as well that is colored blue. "Ah! Glad to see you all here!" Kamamiyadera greets the three.
"As are you all," the man in the black suit replies with a handshake. "We wouldn't miss it for the world! We all worked hard for this project to come through"
"So we're going to see the R-1 pound some targets soon?" the boy asks.
"Better. In addition, the R-1 will engage in combat against the Grungust Type-II." Master Go replies.
"The Grungust? Is it here already?" the brown suited man asks.
"As a matter of fact, our pilot is with us." Kamamiyadera then gives way to show Ryoga. Ryoga was quite surprised to see the three. "Say," he said. "Aren't you three the famous Golden Trio?
"The Golden Trio?" Yoshiko asks. "You mean the current top financial alliance in the world? Even besting the Romefeller Organization"
"Yes, we are who you say we are," the brown suited man replied. "I'm the president and owner of Haran Incorporated, Banjo Haran"
"I'm Watta Takeo! Head of the Takeo General Company!" introduced the young boy.
"And I'm Smith, Roger Smith. Of Smith Enterprises," the man in black introduced himself.
"Wow! You're the famous 'Negotiator'," Yoshiko addresses to Roger. "It was by your negotiations that made even a cold-hearted rich man give some of his wealth to charity"
"He even convinced us both to form this alliance!" Banjo laughs. "Takeo and I don't want to at first, but he really managed to change our minds."

Yoshiko then approaches and shakes the two men's hands happily, as though she was drawn in by the charms of the two. Both Banjo and Roger accepted Yoshiko's greeting by kissing her hands, which made the White Base Kai mechanic blush. Watta obviously is not so lucky getting the attention because of his age.

"Mr. Haran, Mr. Takeo, and Mr. Smith have come here to observe the testing of the R-1." Master Go explains. "Several manufacturers have teamed with the DC for the creation of the Real Personal Troopers. Haran Incorporated, Smith Enterprises, and the Takeo General Company have made a small contribution for the SRX Project. Haran Inc. was responsible for additional finances the project needed to create the R Machines. Smith Enterprises provide the workforce and steel material. Mr. Takeo's company provided the transportation of the essential minerals found in Mars and Jupiter"
"At first we didn't like the idea of the SRX Project," Roger speaks. "We do not finance for the creation of robots made as weapons and the like. But knowing the urgency of the situation, the three of us agreed to help out. We are all hoping that the field test of the R-1 will be successful"
"There is still plenty of time before the testing will begin," Kamamiyadera said to Ryoga. "Why don't you take a break and feel free to explore the Mutron Fortress"
"All right," Ryoga agrees. "Thanks"
"We'll let you know when the testing about to begin." Chujo said. And Ryoga and Yoshiko leave the room but not before Yoshiko waves her hand with an attractive smile over Banjo and Roger.
"Quite a young lad," Banjo comments.
"As do many of the pilots then and now," Roger replied.
"And his ability to pilot it without any training at all. Reminds me of how Koji and Amuro managed to pilot their units 7 years ago"
"He also happen to possess extraordinary potential," Akira adds in. "Is that true?" Chikara asks.
"Yes. He had very strong potential, that it even surpasses Ryusei's. I believe he is not very aware of that even though he is the Grungust pilot. "
"Then it's going to be interesting how it will turn out when those two go head-to-head..." Kamamiyadera said.

Ryoga and Yoshiko decide to split up as Yoshiko heads for the dock to learn more of the R Machines. Ryoga goes for the cafeteria for a bite to eat as he only had little food prior to his arrival at Mutronius. But he suddenly loses his appetite as he hears a series of growls and moans coming from Tetsugyu, who is inside along with Taisou.

"I don't believe this!" Tetsugyu rants, obviously drunk from the sake. "She always goes out with that brat every time we had a break. We used to spend lots of time together until HE showed up!" "Ah, who knows?" Taisou replies. "She may do have feelings for Daisaku. Probably even planning on marrying him when he's come of age." "DON'T YOU DARE SAY THAT!" Tetsugyu shouts.
"Easy! Easy!" Taisou laughs. "I was only joking!" Then he started to look a little serious. "But Ginrei is all that Daisaku has right now. His mother died when he was very young. And his father...Dr. Kusama, killed in front of him by Big Fire. No young child should ever witness a murder like that. But it happened, and we were all there to see it." He then looks over at the side, thinking for a moment, before he could continue.
"Giant Robo...a robot built with a nuclear powered engine. Steel armor built tough not even a Beam Saber can penetrate it. Fists full of megaton power and several weapons at its disposal. It is indeed the ultimate weapon of Big Fire, and now it is in our hands and only follows the voice commands of Daisaku. Dr. Kusama thought by working with them, he would help bring peace to this world, but he was wrong. You, Ginrei, and I were given the assignment to escort him here to defect along with his creation. We succeeded in having Robo, but we all failed to protect the doctor.
Ginrei felt she was responsible for letting Daisaku's father die and thus promised herself to protect Daisaku. Daisaku has been through a lot of events and it is important that he is to be with guidance, wisdom, and care. Now that we are yet in another crisis, Daisaku needs to be strong also. Ginrei is just the woman for that. And since then, the two are like brother and sister."

When Taisou turned to look at Tetsugyu, he finds him asleep. Taisou quickly gives Tetsugyu a big whack to the head and admonishes him "You idiot! Don't you fall asleep when I'm talking to you!"

Ryoga decides to skip meals altogether and heads off somewhere else. Among the places he has explored was the training area for agents to sharpen their skills in a series of obstacle courses. Several rooms for the staff members to sleep in are found within the base. A few office rooms, bathrooms, and engineering rooms. The last place Ryoga has yet to visit is the simulation room where the agents and trainees play a simulated scenario. So Ryoga decides to head there before returning to the dock to meet with Yoshiko.

"So, how did your training go?" Aya asks Ryusei.
"Oh yeah! Now that's what I'm talking about!" Ryusei raves. "It's so mind blowing! I kicked some serious butt in there"
"And I'm getting serious headaches," Rai said "The R-1 doesn't have any voice commands, as in the Wildraubtier and the Gespenst. There's no need for you to shout every weapon you fire"
"Sorry, sorry, Rai-chan! But Mazinger Z, Raideen, and Getter Robo do that so I can't help but do the same, 'cause it is sooooo cool"
"Yeah? Well, it's giving me a headache and now my ears are ringing, you dimwit"
"You know, Rai-chan, you shouldn't be too serious. Try it once in awhile! You'll like it! Imagine, you in the R-2 and shouting 'MAGNA BEAM RIFLE!' or 'BEAM CHAKRAM!' or"
"I think I'll just stick to pulling the triggers, thank you."

As Ryusei, Rai, and Aya, began walking down the hallway, they later meet Ryoga, whose Psycho Sense activates again. This time, he senses something from Aya, the young woman having dark, green hair and wearing a tight blue leather top with gold trims and a white mini skirt. Though the design of her sleeveless top suggests she's working from an organization, it also suggest that 1) She is not wearing a bra at all, and 2) she has pretty good cleavage so exposed that would make any man with a dirty mind drool all over. In addition to her suit, she had long sleeve gloves and boots, red ball earrings and a gold choker that's wrapped a bit tight around her neck with a heart charm.

Aya began hearing tingling sounds from her mind and started feeling a bit dazed. She completely places her hand over her forehead. Rai, Ryusei noticed her.

"Lieutenant, are you all right?" Rai asked. But before Aya could answer, she suddenly falls forward. Ryoga instinctively catches her, as he was the closest.
"Hey, are you ok? You don't look too good." Ryoga said. Aya slowly gets up at her feet with assistance from Ryusei and Rai.
"I...I'm all right. Thank you," she said. "Um, are you new to this base? I have not seen you before"
"I'm just a guest here having a look around." Ryoga replied.
"I see. Well, thanks again, Mr"
"I'm Ryoga, Ryoga Kazehino"
"Kazehino?" Ryusei said as he turned and looked at Ryoga. Ryoga looked back in wonder. Ryusei is already in his pilot suit sans the helmet. He had short, brown spiky hair, and his face does suggest he's young, perhaps as young as Ryoga's. Quickly, Ryusei zooms through and looks at Ryoga from head to toe, then from the white shirt and leather jacket to the blue jeans and white sneakers. And then Ryusei steps back and points his finger at him. "N...no...no way!" he said. "You're THE Ryoga Kazehino"
"Well, yes, I am," he replied. "Something wrong?"

Then Ryusei kneeled and bowed repeatedly to him saying "I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy"
"Ryusei, what do you think you're doing?" asked Rai. Though his age appearance is somewhat between Ryusei and Aya's, he seems to be the all-serious and mature type. He wore a long blue jacket and white jeans and having the same long blue boots as Aya's. He had blond hair and blue eyes, and the type of face and body that women would highly admire (in other words, he's a pretty boy). His looks are equaled only by his calm and nihilistic attitude.
"Don't tell me you don't know this guy!" Ryusei said. "He's the legendary Ryoga Kazehino! The only undefeated player in the Burning PT World Tournament! He's the one who beat 'The Invincible' Tenzan Nakajima and claimed the 3rd Ace of Aces Title!" "Ryoga Kazehino..." Aya thought and then it hit her. "It can't be! Is he the one"
"Ryoga-san! Ryoga-san!" Ryusei shakes Ryoga's hand vigorously. "I'm so glad to finally meet you! I'm Ryusei Date"
"Ryusei?" Ryoga asked. "You mean the champion from last year"
"Yes! Yes! How do you know that"
"I watched it on tv, duh"
"Oh!" Ryusei laughs and scratches the back of his head. "Anyway, I'm a really big fan of yours. What you did in the 3rd tournament inspired me to become an Ace of Aces myself. Though I may have beaten 'The Invincible', everybody to this day still talks on how you beat him. It was incredible! Dubbed the greatest battle ever fought in Burning PT history!"

Rai played a little dumb on the subject but he is indeed familiar with the Burning PT game. In fact, he and Aya knew that the game was actually used in real life pilot training and it records the overall status of each pilot. He is also aware of Ryoga's status in the tournament as well as his fame.

"So you're the pilot of the Grungust Type-II?" Aya asks.
"Yes." Ryoga answered. "I guess I've been made famous as the Grungust pilot"
"No way! The Grungust is here?" Ryusei asks.
"Yes. I'm asked to be the R-1's opponent as part of the combat test."

Those very words struck Ryusei as though an arrow shot him. His hands fall flat and jaws dropped down. And then began stuttering. "N...n...n...no way..." He quickly kneels down and bows. Tears falling from his eyes like a waterfall. But his eyes were burning like fire.

"Um...was it something I said?" Ryoga asked.
"Sir! It would be a great honor to be your opponent!" Ryusei cries out. He quickly stands and raises his fist up, showing his courage and determination. "I promise I will not disappoint you in this challenge!" He strikes a pose as though banners of his name and cheers from the crowd echo on the background.

Ryoga tries to remain calm from all this even though he has that kind of behavior as well sometimes. "Challenge? Opponent? So you're the pilot of the R-1"
"So a combat test between the Grungust and the R-1..." Rai comments. "Very interesting"
"Well, we are about to report to the docks to prepare the R-1 for sortie." Aya said. "Really?" Ryoga responded. "Well, I'm about to head there too. So why say we head there together?"

Then sounds of the siren howled across the hallway. Kamamiyadera's voice was heard afterwards. "Attention, everyone! Enemy forces are spotted and heading this way! All personal prepare for battle stations! I repeat, enemy forces are spotted and heading this way! All personal prepare for battle stations!"

From Ryoga's pocket, his data scanner started making sounds. Ryoga picks it up and affixes it to his ear as he answers the call. "What is it, Yoshiko-san"
"Ryo! Get to the Grungust on the double! Daisaku and Ginrei are being attacked by unknown units"
"What's that!?! Daisaku and Ginrei!?!"

"Taisou! Tetsugyu!" Chujo contacts them via radio. "Head out towards the forest and rescue Daisaku and Ginrei"
"Negative, sir!" Taisou answered. "Tetsugyu's still out. I'm going to rescue them myself"
"Damn it! This is not time for him to be drunk! There are 6 or so giant units chasing them! You won't be able to handle it on your own, Taisou! I'll go along with you"
"If you're going, then I will too." Go said.
"Count me in, too." Roger volunteers.
"But, Mr. Smith, these are 6 giants." Go opposes. "It's too dangerous out there"
"Please put your trust on Roger." Banjo said. "I, unfortunately, don't have Daitarn with me, but Roger will be of great assistance against those guys"
"All right," Chujo accepts. "We'll need all the help we can get"
"Good, then let's get inside my ride!" Roger said as he leads the way. He then pulls up his sleeve and presses a button on his wristwatch. "Norman! Dorothy"
"Yes, Master Roger." Norman, Roger's butler responds. "I've sent it out already. It is on its way."

At the docks, Ryoga has entered inside the cockpit of the Grungust Type-II and all of its systems have been turned on. "Ok, Yoshiko-san! I'm all set"
"This is Ryusei Date! I'm ready to kick some metal butt!" Ryusei said via an open channel. "Don't get too overconfident, Ryu!" Aya speaks from the control center. "The R-1 isn't fully tested yet. We don't know if it still has any bugs that need to be fixed"
"Relax! If this one is based on the Wildraubtier, then it should have no problems, right?" Ryusei then pulls a few switches from the R-1's cockpit, which releases the automatic locks on the R-1's docking pad. "Removing lock bolts. Now moving to launch pad."

But as soon as Ryusei starts moving the controls, the R-1 only moved just slightly, but it's foot never raised up.

"Huh? Moving to launch pad...now."

Still nothing.

"Hey! Why aren't you moving, R-1"
"What's the matter, Ryusei?" Rai asks.
"The R-1 isn't moving! I can't get into the launch pad"
"Check your status"
"It's all green here, Rai-chan"
"I found the problem!" Sarumaru speaks out. "The lock bolts on the R-1's feet are stuck! They need to be removed manually"
"Then why not I just pull them off myself?" Ryusei said and lets the R-1 bend down to pull the bolts.
"No! Don't do it!" Sarumaru intervenes. "The bolts are tightly locked. Any forceful attempt to remove it could damage the R-1's feet. I'm on my way there with the mechanical crew to take them out. Give us 5 minutes"
"We've got another problem, everyone!" Kamamiyadera now speaks. "Another wave of enemy units is headed this way."

Ryoga then makes a connection to the control center and then views the screen showing the enemy. They are in about a dozen but only two types of enemies appear: small squid like flying robots with a pair of tentacles and a tubular mouth. The others are large stone golems with arched blades as its hands. These stone golems are flying as well.

"Those are the Dromes and the Bustodons. Fossil Monsters from the Youma Empire." Kamamiyadera describes the two groups of monsters.
"The Youma Empire!?!" Ryoga gasped.
"But I thought those guys were sealed off by Raideen!" Ryusei said.
"Six of these Fossil Monsters are chasing after Daisaku and Ginrei." Kamamiyadera briefs the situation. "The entire Experts of Justice division are sent out to rescue them. The other 12 Fossil Monsters are on their way here. I have already sent out a SOS signal to the White Base Kai and they'll be getting here as soon as possible.
Ryoga-kun, I know this will be a very difficult task, but I ask that try your best to defend the base until help arrives. I've sent out Chikara and Rei to pilot the Bulgler and assist you"
"I understand, sir," Ryoga complies. In his mind, this is a very difficult task indeed. Even with the aid of the Bulgler, the odds are 12 against 2. Add with the R-1 not operational and the White Base Kai still far away. "We'll take care of those Drome squids," Rei said. "You take on the Bustodons"
"Got it"
"Bulgler, now taking off!"

"Hold on to me real tight!" Ginrei said to Daisaku as she increases the speed of her motorcycle. Daisaku nods and wraps his arms over Ginrei's waist as the bike starts swerving left and right to avoid the fireballs the Dromes fire with their tubular mouths. The flames sparked over the grass and trees, causing a forest fire and are spreading fast. Ginrei and Daisaku are quickly surrounded within the flames as they ride their way out of the forest. One of the trees suddenly fell on the path, blocking the two. Ginrei instinctively pulls up the bike and jumps over the burning tree. Moments after, they have zoomed out of the burning forest and now on their way back to Mutronius. However, to their surprise, a Bustodon stands in front of them and slams its scimitar blades to the ground. The massive blades caused a tremor that puts the bike off balance and sends Ginrei and Daisaku dragging their bodies to the ground.

Daisaku was the first to get up. He only had a few cuts and bruises from his legs and arms. Ginrei however, remains motionless after the fall.

"Oh no! Ginrei-san!" Daisaku shouts as he attends to her. She was unconscious. When Daisaku looked up, the Bustodon now prepares to strike its blade. Daisaku holds Ginrei's head over his chest and shuts his eyes. "Dorothy, now!" Roger commands as he opens the top of his limousine. A woman with red hair and in a maid's outfit bursts out of the vehicle and dashes with incredible speed, catching Daisaku and Ginrei on time before the blade hits the ground.

When Daisaku opened his eyes, he sees that he and Ginrei are still alive. He also saw the maid who save them but she appears to be emotionless. Her skin, though white, looks as though it was made of plaster. In short, she almost looks more like a mannequin rather than a human.

"Who are you?" Daisaku asks.
"I am Dorothy," the maid answered, but she sounded like that of a machine. "Are you all right"
"I'm ok, but she's unconscious. We need to bring her back to the base."

Explosions are heard afterwards, Daisaku and Dorothy looked to see that the Bustodon is taking blow after blow by the combined attacks of Taisou and Chujo, whose punches emanate powerful explosions. However, another Bustodon and four Dromes appear. The Dromes begin spewing out fireballs. Dorothy grabs Daisaku and Ginrei and dodges the first three, but she wasn't fast enough to evade the fourth.

"IRON FAN-----DEFENSE!" Go shouts as pulls out his twin fans and literally blocks the fourth fireball. Then deflects it back. "Master Go!" Daisaku cries.
"Quickly!" Go said. "Get to the limo and head to base! We'll hold them off"
Dorothy gives a nod and carries Daisaku and Ginrei again towards the limousine. "You two all right?" Roger asks.
"Daisaku only suffered some cuts and bruises." Dorothy answered. "But Ginrei is unconscious."

Roger looked over at his window as he sees Chujo, Go, and Taisou doing all they can to fight off the Fossil Monsters. However, the enemy's size and number greatly reveal that the Experts are failing. "Dorothy, take the wheel," he said and steps out of the vehicle, rushing into the battle.

Not only did Chujo and Taisou find difficulty knocking the Bustodon down, but also there are two Bustodons they have to worry. The two stone golems used the flat portion of their blades and used it to swat the two Experts, slamming them hard to the ground. Go tries to hold his fan for as long as he could as the Dromes continue to shoot fireballs at him and towards Roger's vehicle, now pulling away until one fireball ignites just by his feet to knock him off.

"All right! Here they come!" Chikara shouts as he sees visual of the twelve Fossil Monsters heading for the base.
"Ok! Let's take them on!" Rei said. "Bulgler, attack"
"Got it!" Ryoga seconds. "G-Hawk, engaging!"

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Part 3

As one Bustodon is about to strike its blade on the fallen Experts, Roger stands still as he pulls his sleeve and speaks to his wristwatch:

"BIG-O! IT'S SHOWTIME!!!!!"

From the plains, a huge black robot emerged, taking Roger and the Experts while sending the Bustodons back. The huge black robot was humanoid in appearance with the exception of two huge arms and what appear to be pistons mounted on the joints. It's heavy armored plating and large size meant that Roger's Big-O is just as tough and powerful as Daisaku's Giant Robo.

When the Experts have come to, they find themselves on Big-O's hand while Roger stands on its shoulder. The Big-O's head then extends to reveal a cockpit in which Roger steps in and the head descends to its original position. He then grabs hold of the two levers sitting on two arched boards on the sides of his seat. A small screen in front him opened and these words scrolled out:

CAST IN THE NAME OF GOD, YE NOT GUILTY

The Dromes began spewing fireballs at the black robot, but the Big-O simply raises one of its huge arms up and blocks them without a scratch. One of the Bustodon's then tried striking it, but Big-O's arms remains undamaged even after taking several strikes. The Experts were amazed by how Roger's robot performed.

"Guys, I believe I'll be needing the other arm for this." Roger said to them.
"You got it," Chujo replies. "Taisou, take us back to base."

Taisou nods and carries Chujo and Go as the three flew back to the Mutropolis Base.

"Thank you!" Roger said. When his Big-O blocked another blade strike, it lowered its arm as it lets out a punch from its other. Just one punch was incredibly enough to knock down the Bustodon hard.

The other Bustodon tries to knock down the black robot by tackling it while the Dromes follow through by firing more of their fireballs. But try as the might, the Big-O still remained on its feet. Roger reels both levers back and shoves them forward, allowing the Big-O's arms to push the second Fossil Monster away. By pressing the buttons on the levers, the upper chests of the Big-O raises to reveal several turrets and fires rapid, multiple rounds of solid ammunition. The Fossil Monster tries to stay on its feet, but when the solid rounds are finished, Big-O follows through with a punch to the gut. Just before it happened, the piston on Big-O's arm expanded and the second the iron fist hit the stone surface, the piston collapsed, resulting in a second impact on the same punch. The impact of the piston resulted on the Bustodon's stone torso to blow itself open. The Bustodon takes a few, wobbly steps backwards, revealing the large big hole on its torso before it collapses on itself.

"EYE SOLID LASER!" Ryoga shouts as his G-Hawk fired twin beams on the nearest flying Bustodon. The remaining five didn't pay attention to Ryoga's attack and continues moving forward towards the base. When Ryoga saw the other Fossil Monsters went pass him, he quickly turned around and chased them at full speed. "You're not going anywhere! Split Missiles!"

Ryoga then swerves to the next Bustodon.

"Eye Solid Laser!"

For the remaining three, he moves in the closest Fossil Monster and transforms his G-Hawk to the Grungust, immediately followed by a kick to the monster's torso, allowing him to make a leap. He then targets the next two.

"BOOST KNUCKLE!"

The Grungust's flying fists zoomed towards the two other Bustodons and knocked them off. Now in a free fall, Ryoga spins around to seek any more of the Bustodons trying to fly close to the base and launches another Eye Solid Laser before reverting back into the G-Hawk.

"Wow! That was cool!" Ryusei said back at the docks as he watches. "Hey, c'mon, you guys!" he said to Sarumaru and the mechanics.
"We're doing as fast as we can here! Just a minute or two more!"

"This is not good," Kamamiyadera says. "We don't have any defensive weapons here. We'll be destroyed for sure"
"Sir," Akira asks. "Please let me summon Raideen"
"But Akira-kun, we don't know if he is fully recovered"
"He's right, Akira-kun," Banjo said. "We don't if the Mutron will fully activate on its new form"
"We don't have much of choice. I have to revive him or we won't survive!" Akira explains. Then suddenly, his head starts to ache followed by a strange aura of power surrounding him from within. At that point, a voice is speaking through Akira's mind.
"Son of Ra Mu! Son of Ra Mu"
"What's wrong?" Kamamiyadera asks when he saw Akira holding his head. But Akira did not answer as he tries to listen to the voice.
"I heed your call, Son of Ra Mu. Beings of pure evil and destruction shall come forth from the sky. Let me be awakened and defend mankind once again!"

Then, the voice was gone.

It would appear Ryoga's efforts have gotten the Fossil Monsters' attention as all 6 Bustodons decide to attack the G-Hawk instead. The Dromes, easily dodging the Bulgler's missile weapons, decide to attack the Ryoga's mech instead. Ryoga constantly avoids the Bustodons' blades, and retaliates with Eye Solid Lasers. The Dromes begin spewing fireballs, which Ryoga easily dodges, but one of them went in close and grab the G-Hawk with its tentacles. The others Dromes followed the tactic, immobilizing the fighter by grabbing on to it and dealing damage by releasing more fireballs, sending it down to the ocean.

"Oh no!" Rei shouts seeing the G-Hawk going down. The Dromes did their job and now the Bustodons revert for their present course to the Mutropolis Base. "Chikara, let's go!" she said.
"You got it!" Chikara replies as they engage the nearest Fossil Monster. "Missiles fire!"

But the Bustodon simply parries the missiles with its blades and just flew past the Bulgler, bumping the ship to set it off course. Rei and Chikara managed to retain control of the Bulgler, but now are way too distant from the battle.

"C'mon!" Ryusei shouts. "Get me out now"
"Just a little more and...there!" Sarumaru said as the bolts finally come loose. "Get on the launch pad, now"
"Finally! Real Personal Trooper Type-1, mobile!
Shield equipped!
Boosted Rifle equipped!
R-1!
Ryusei Date,...GO!"

Ryusei's holds his breath as the launch pad catapults the R-1 out of the base. His body pressed firmly to the seat as he felt like he was on a jet-powered roller coaster bursting with great speed. The whole thing lasted for less than 5 seconds and the R-1 is now out of the base and flying airborne. He then lets his air out and breathes heavily for a moment then sees the Bustodons now heading at his way.

"R-1, active!" he said. "Changing to R-Wing!"

With that said, the head of the R-1 slowly sinks down while the thrusters, located on its back, were raised upwards to the shoulders. The arms were then locked together to the rear and lifted upwards to the same level as the thrusters. Legs moved towards the very back of the unit and the thrusters, now underneath the legs, changed positions from vertical to horizontal at a 90 degree angle, forming the wings. Finally, the R-1's shield is connected right at the very abdominal area of the robot, forming the nose cone. The Boosted Rifle is then attached to the side, completing the transformation from robot to jet fighter.

"Initiating afterburners!" Ryusei said as the engines from R-Wing's legs burst allowing the jet to move at incredible speed. He then goes head on against the Fossil Monsters, attacking with a series of air-to-air missiles, hitting each one. When the R-Wing passes them, it converted back into the R-1 and pulled out twin pistols from its holster.

"Target locked on!" Ryusei shouts. "G-Revolver, FIRE!"

About a dozen shots or so were fired from each gun as they took damage to two of the Bustodons, stopping their movement completely. It got their attention as they now attempt to attack the R-1 with their blades while the others head close to the Mutron base. The R-1 places holstered its twin guns and dashes forward, ignoring the two Fossil Monsters. It then pulls out the large rifle and aims at the furthest Bustodon.

"Now, BOOSTED RIFLE!"

Single rifle shots are then fired and hit their mark. The rifle was powerful enough to punch a hole on each Bustodon that was hit. One of them lost its arm completely because of that shot. That made them turn against the R-1 and unleashed an all-out assault. Ryusei moves his R-1 to evade the swinging blades, but when one was about to hit him, he blocks it by using the R-1's melee weapon--- a knife.

Try as they might, the four Dromes and the one Bustodon simply could not bring the Big-O down thanks to its thick armor. Roger decides to put them down for good after guarding for so long. He starts by focusing the Big-O's eyes on the four Dromes and then, from its eyes releases a quick burst of laser beams. The Big-O's eyes move towards each Drome, destroying the squid-like monster completely with the beams. The Bustodon then tries to attack, while the Big-O is distracted, but Roger turned his attention to the Fossil Monster immediately after destroying the last Drome and looking at the Bustodon from top to bottom, the beams sliced though the stone monster's body. The Big-O makes a finishing strike using its piston-powered punch and the Bustodon crumbled into pieces.

From out of nowhere, three large missiles came out and hit the Big-O from behind, knocking the black robot down.

The R-1 continues to parry attack after attack by the other Bustodons using only its small knife weapon. When the Fossil Monsters surround their enemy and strike it all at once in all directions, the R-1 evades by going full blast with its boosters to move vertically upwards. Then, tingling sounds are heard within Ryusei's own mind, sensing something is coming. He turned his R Machine around to see three more three missiles are coming close. In a quick-second, Ryusei fires on the missiles using the vulcans attached to the R-1's head. Ryusei quickly moves the R-1 to distance himself from the enemy and close to the Mutropolis base. The Bustodons then started pulling back. When Ryusei takes a look at the where they are going, his eyes were wide open in awe.

"What the heck is that!?!" he said.

"It can't be..." Kamamiyadera said back at the base. "It's the Gante!"

Just outside, Akira pulls over his jet-powered motorcycle as he looks at the Gante. It looks like a giant hand made entirely of stone. It was almost as huge as the Mechasaurus Dai that attacked the Saotome Lab. The 'fingers' are actually heads shaped like snakes that shoot missiles and flames from its mouth. The very same missiles that attacked Big-O and the R-1.

"Sharking..." Akira said.
"He has returned," a voice said to Akira.
"Indeed. But why all these years?"

"Hear me all and hear me well!" a loud voice is heard from the Gante. "I am Sharking, Prince of the Youma Empire! Surrender the Mutron to us, or you will all be obliterated! Do not even think that you have the power to defeat me and my Fossil Monster army!"

Then, several more Bustodons and Dromes appear surrounding the Gante. And from behind the Gante came up two more of the same. The monsters total at about 23. And with only the R-1 and the Big-O as the Mutronius's line of defense...

"Wow! Look at all those guys!" Ryusei said. "What in the world are you raving about?" Rai said to him via radio. "They outnumber you and Mr. Smith in huge odds"
"Don't worry, Rai-chan! I can take them"
"Don't be too cocky, Ryu!" Aya then speaks out. "As good as R-1 is, it's not indestructible! Any critical damage to it will result in the failure of the SRX Project"
"Oh, yeah. I forgot about that"
"Ryu, try to keep the enemy at a distance as much as you can until the White Base Kai arrives. Do not engage them head on"
"Roger that, Aya"
"Everyone, come in!" Daisaku now communicates. "I'm back at the docks. Ready to launch out with Robo!"

Then, when Ryusei moved the R-1's head, he can see from his screen Giant Robo jettisoned out of the Mutropolis Base. The GR's rear boosters activate and the robot lands right next to the Big-O to help get Roger's robot back to its feet. Daisaku communicates with Roger openly. "Are you ok, mister?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks kid." Roger replied, then looks at the number of Fossil Monsters hovering airborne. "Looks like we will have a big battle in our hands. Think you can handle it, kid"
"I'll do my best, sir! Robo will do his work too!"

The Giant Robo then made a loud low pitch sound as if it agreed with Daisaku.

"Son of Ra, we must act now if we are to defeat them!" said the voice.
"But can I really summon you?" Akira asks. "Can we be able to defeat them"
"I am the guardian who will defend mankind to the end. This is my purpose. Come, Son of Ra! Merge with me so we can defeat this evil"
"Agreed"
"Then let us begin! Repeat after me: 'Nenshinkiriki"
"Nenshinkiriki"
"Konshokonrai"
"Konshokonrai.
"Raideen...Raideen..."

And then, Akira starts his bike again and, going at full speed, drives to the edge of a cliff leading to the other with the carving of the pharaoh's face. As he jumps off the cliff, he releases the jet bike, putting his body airborne and shouts out...

"RAIDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!"

The mountain cliff suddenly lets out a flash of light and slowly splits itself open revealing a giant statue made of gold. The head is like that of the pharaoh's but with the face completely covered.

"Fade...Fade...Fade!"

Swirling purple light then surround the giant, being gathered around its forehead.

"RAIDEEEEEEEEEEEEEN FADE IN!"

The forehead then releases the purple beam, catching Akira in mid-air and pulling him towards the giant's forehead. Akira is slowly absorbed in the forehead and purple lights swerve around the robot again, changing the gold color to blue and red metal. The covers slowly slides open, revealing the pharaoh's face, exactly like that of the mountain cliff. The statue raises its arms and moves its lips as it shouts out with Akira's voice:

"RAAAAAAIDEEEEEEEEN!"

The statue then clashes its fists together shooting out sparks of lightning.

"What the...!?!" Sharking gasps. "How is that possible! It's supposed to be destroyed!!!"

"Is that Raideen?" Daisaku asks.
"Yes!" Roger replied. "It worked! Raideen is summoned successfully!"

"You cannot be Raideen!" Sharking shouts. "This is a trick! Raideen is gone"
"I am who you see, Sharking!" Akira shouts back. "Raideen has returned with a new body! And as the guardian of mankind, I will send you back where you came from once again"
"CURSE YOU, AKIRA HIBIKI! CURSE YOU RAIDEEN!" In a grip of rage, the Gante is about to fire its missiles, but it was halted when a glowing object suddenly blasted right off the ocean floor and bumps the giant stone hand, damaging the surface. The glowing light fades as it flies toward the Mutropolis Base and faces the Youma Army.

It was the G-Hawk.

"You..." Sharking grunts.
"Ryoga-san, you're ok!" Ryusei cheers with glee.
"Those Dromes really keep me from moving down there!" Ryoga replied. He then sees the number of Fossil Monsters the Youma Empire has and surveys the number of his own team: 5 vs 23. "What is that robot next to Giant Robo?" he asks. "And is the other one Raideen"
"Let's see, the black one is called 'Big-O', and yes, that IS Raideen"
"Wow! That makes five of us, just like those Ranger-man shows"
"Yeah! Ranger 1! Ranger 2! Ranger 3! Ranger 4! Ranger 5!" Then, unknown to his knowledge, Ryusei fiddled the controls so much the R-1 is doing a superhero pose. "Let's go and fight! Ranger-man"
"What a moron..." Rai grunted upon seeing that.
"I WILL DESTROY YOU ALL!" Sharking yells in anger. "MY FOSSIL MONSTERS, ATTACK"
"Here they come!" Ryusei said.
"All right, everyone! Let's take them head on!" Akira says.

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Part 4

The Dromes were the first to attack by firing a barrage of fireballs toward the Mutron Fortress.

"There's too many of them!" Ryusei said. "We won't be able to block them all"
"Leave it to us!" Roger says as he contacts Daisaku. "Ready, kid"
"Ready!" Daisaku answered. "Robo, fire all missiles!"

The Giant Robo roared in agreement as it and the Big-O fired a series of missiles from their bodies. The number of the duo's missiles were more than enough to nullify all of the incoming fireballs. The remaining missiles continue to their course, taking out a few of the Fossil Monsters.

"I won't be ignored!" Roger said as he sees the Bustodons now moving forward and completely ignoring him and Daisaku. He lets the Big-O's chest rise once more and fires rapid solid shots at them. Roger's tactic worked as a quarter of the Youma forces went in to attack him and Daisaku.
"EYE SOLID LASER!" Ryoga shouts as he engages forward firing laser beams to take out two more Dromes. A few of them attempt to grab the G-Hawk once again, but this time, Ryoga was ready.
"Spiral Attack, initiate!"

The G-Hawk is then covered in glowing spinning light as the Dromes that dare try to come close gets destroyed easily. Ryoga proceeds forward as his Spiral Attack takes down a few of the Bustodons as well.
Another set of Dromes rain hordes of their fireballs against the Raideen. Raideen raises its left arm up and blocks the attacks with its red buckler shield.

"GOD MISSILES!" Akira shouts as soon as Raideen's arm lowers. From its chest came out large missiles shaped like birds destroying two Dromes. Raideen then flies forward as Akira shouts another attack.
"GOD BREAKER!"

From Raideen's right arm came out a flat dagger-like blade. As Raideen continues to dash toward the enemy, it swings the blade, taking down a few more Dromes in its way.

The R-1 performs a series of punches and kicks against any of the Fossil Monsters that are attacking it. However, because of their relentless assault, Ryusei is unable to use the R-1's G-Revolvers. So Ryusei improvises by going for his own attack. He moves the R-1 to rush in on one of the Bustodons, then, pulling a lever on his right, he shouts out.

"Take this! T-LINK KNUCKLE!"

Then, the right hand of the R-1 emits a green light. When it is close enough to the Bustodon, Ryusei shoves the lever forward, letting the R-1's fist strike on the body of the flying stone golem. As the Bustodon is driven back from the attack, the energy from the R-1's punch surged throughout the Bustodon's body, causing numerous sparks of explosive green light. Each spark blew a portion of the Bustodon's body until it all ended in one big explosion, literally destroying the Fossil Monster.

As Ryusei pulls away to watch the Fossil Monster's destruction, his mind released a tingling sound, sensing danger. He turned to see another Bustodon about to strike the R-1. Ryusei had very little time to act.

"GOD GO-GUN!" Raideen takes out a bow and shoots an arrow covered in fiery light. The arrow was enough to take the attacking Bustodon out.
"Wow...thanks, Akira-san!" Ryusei compliments.
"Keep your eyes open!" Akira said back. "If I cannot have the Mutron, NOBODY CAN!" Sharking shouts. "GO MY GANTES! DESTROY THEM! DESTROY THEM ALL!"

With that order, the remaining Fossil Monsters began pulling back. The three Gantes, including one controlled by Sharking, moved in, firing a barrage of missiles from each of its five heads. The missiles are headed toward Raideen, R-1, and the G-Hawk. The three pilots knew that if they dodge, the missiles would hit the base. But to guard would leave them in serious damage.

Ryoga knew that the G-Hawk wouldn't be able to execute the Spiral Attack in time to nullify the missiles. With only seconds left to make his next move, his Psycho Sense tingles once more. In an instant, he converts the G-Hawk back to the Grungust, and, not even bothered using the mecha's targeting system, Ryoga simply set his sights on the missiles and shouted out:

"MAXI BLASTER!"

The star-like shaped beam from the Grungust's chest burst out and blasts the missiles away. Ryoga moves the Grungust so the beam continues to take out the rest of the missiles and even a few more of the Fossil Monsters. The Maxi Blaster's range was also far enough to hit one of the Gantes.

Raideen on the other hand executes several hand gestures before raising its finger up in the air. Akira then shouts out.

"GOD ALPHA---RAY-----!"

A green, wavy light then comes out of Raideen's body. The light surrounds Raideen and with its wide range, destroys anything that it touches, including the missiles.

Ryusei tries his best to take out the missiles with its vulcans. Surprisingly, his shots were accurate enough to destroy most of them. With only one missile left, all he had to do is take it out with another set of vulcan fire.

He did not make it in time.

"YIKES!" Ryusei shouts and just before the missile hits, a tingling sound came out within his mind and quickly he moves the R-1 to raise its shield to block the attack. The impact shoved the R-1 back out of the flaming smoke, but at least it did not suffer any serious damage.

"Woah! That was close!" he said, breathing heavily after experiencing that shock.
"Are you all right!?!" Akira asks.
"Yeah!" Ryusei answers. "Just a bit shaken up, that's all.
"It'll take more than one good hit to bring those big guys down," Ryoga said.
"True," Akira seconds. "We'll be needing all of our power to bring down at just one of them."

Ryoga just grunted. Concentrating all fire on one Gante will allow the other two free to attack. Even worse, the Grungust's energy levels are now going down. It can only do a few before it runs out and the unit will shut itself down.

Sharking simply laughs as his foes. "Impressive! But I know you cannot do that forever! Gantes, fire your missiles again!"

The three giant beasts roared and launched another barrage of missiles. Even with the help of Big O and Giant Robo, it's hard to tell if Ryoga, Ryusei, and Akira will be able to nullify the missiles this time around.

Ryoga can only think of one way to beat the last three Fossil Monsters, and that's to attack head on. But doing so will risk the base to take some hits and the Grungust to receive more damage. Despite the risk, Ryoga grips tight of the controls as he is to move forward...

...until huge beams of light came out of nowhere and obliterated the incoming missiles.

"Who dares interfere in this battle!?!" Sharking demands. The beams originated from the west. It was from the White Base Kai. "Everyone!" Rei contacts Ryoga and the others as the Bulgler flies alongside the battleship. "Sorry to keep you all waiting! Reinforcements are here"
"Is everyone all right?" Rin asks.
"Captain!" Ryoga replies. "We're ok over here"
"Good! I'm sending out backup right now!" she then switches her communication channel. "Ok, guys! Get ready to move out"
"Roger!" Ryoma complied. "Let's go! Hayato! Musashi!"

The two gave a nod as the Gett Machines were launched and combined into Getter 1.

"Ok, Sayaka-san! You're turn!" Koji said.
"All right!" Sayaka answers. "Double Spazer, GO!" The white jet fighter for the Grendizer then launches out.
"MAJIN-GO!" Koji shouted as his Mazinger Z is jettisoned out of the hangar, sending it airborne despite the fact that it cannot fly yet. He then calls Sayaka. "Ok! Dock in now"
"Just watch me!" Sayaka replied as the Double Spazer slowly docks into Mazinger Z's back. But as soon as the docking sequence is completely, the combined robot suddenly starts to fall to Sayaka and Koji's surprise.
"Quick! Full power to the thrusters!" Koji said.
"Ok!" Sayaka replied. "Going full power...now!" The engines of the Double Spazer burst out as Mazinger Z now flies up. "Whew! That was close"
"I don't understand. Grendizer is a whole lot heavier than Mazinger Z. How come the Double Spazer can't manage Mazinger's weight"
"Maybe is because the Double Spazer's power cannot be combined with Mazinger's Photo-Atomic Engine"
"Bummer! That means Mazinger's flight is limited! Whose dumb idea was this anyhow?"

Back at the bridge of the White Base Kai, Naomi just gave a sneeze.

"Ok, Combattler Team, you're up next." Rin said.
"Roger that!" answered a pilot from one of the five small fighter crafts still in the launch bay. "Ok, guys! Let's show them what WE can do!"

The five crafts then took off, and, remaining in one line formation, comes out a battle cry:

"LET'S.
COM---BIIIIIIINE!"

Then, an electromagnetic field surrounds the five crafts as they undergo a transformation. The craft in front, having a 'V' mark on its belly combines with the second craft that is flipped, forming the head and arms. The third one in the center, appearing like a tank, merges next to make the torso. The fourth comes next to form the legs. The last one on the rear split itself into two before combining, making the legs. The combination now complete, the 5 'Battle Machines' have now become one as the lead pilot shouts out while the combined robot releases an aura of electromagnetic energy:

"COMBATTLER----V"
"Wow!" Ryusei said in awe. "It's like the Getter Robo, only with 5 fighters"
"No...This cannot be!" gasped Sharking, seeing that the arrival of the White Base Kai easily meant that his chances of finishing the mission are slim. Not accepting defeat, he waves his staff and shouts out his command. "Go, my Fossil Monsters! Destroy them! DESTROY THEM ALL!"

And so forth, the remaining Bustodons and Dromes launched an assault against Mazinger Z, Getter Robo, and Combattler V.

"You're just easy picking!" Ryoma taunts. "GETTER TOMAHAWK!"

The weapon now in hand, Getter 1 zooms in at the closest Bustodon and with one swing, slices the golem into two before zooming to the next.

"CYCLONE BEAM!" Sayaka shouts, releasing electric beams from the tip of the Double Spazer's wings.
"KOUSHIRYOKU BEAM!" Koji shouts out, shooting the Photo-Atomic laser from Mazinger's eyes. The two combined beams then take out incoming Dromes and Bustodons that were in Mazinger's way.

One Bustodon tries the usual attack of striking the Combattler V with its bladed hands. The large robot simply grabs the golem's arms and throws the beast off balance. Then, the lead pilot shouts out an attack:

"BIG BLAST!"

From the torso of Combattler, a huge rocket is launched out, hitting its mark, creating an explosion so big, even the Dromes that were trying to get away are caught and destroyed.

"ROCK FIGHTER!"

Raising the arms of Combattler forward, the fingers were replaced with missiles and were fired continuously, hitting multiple enemy targets.

The three Gantes now made their next move. One Gante goes ahead and attacks the White Base Kai. The second makes an attack against Big-O and Giant Robo. Sharking's Gante pressed forward, knowing that the three mechas guarding the Mutron Fortress are now low in power and energy.

Unable to execute their strongest attacks, Big-O and Giant Robo pulled out as much of their firepower as they can, firing a series of solid and missile ammunition to push the Gante back. But the giant Fossil Monster continues its course and shortly launches a barrage of missiles from each of its five mouths. The attacks from the combined two robots appear to have kept the missiles off course, hitting on the ground instead of their supposed targets. As each missile ignites, it changes the overall form of the plain Big-O and Giant Robo are stepping on. It was enough to cause a tremor, but thanks to the two robots' combined weight, the landscape was altered, causing both to slip and lose their balance.

Now the two robots have fallen, giving the Gante a chance to finish them off. It flies closer, targeting young Daisaku, who has fallen off and lies unconscious on Giant Robo's shoulder. One of the heads released a burst of flame from its mouth, but Roger quickly moves his Big-O and shields the young boy with its large arms. The rest of the heads then fired bursts of flame as well, increasing the heat against Big-O's metal arm.

"Damn it! I can't move while they do this!" Roger curses. Even if he does, the flames may possibly hit Daisaku. Not even the Big-O's ultra hard armor could resist the intense heat for very long.

Unaware of the attacking Gante, Mazinger Z is flying right above it.

"Ok, Sayaka-san! Now!" Koji signals. Sayaka then releases the Double Spazer's hold on the Mazinger, allowing it to take a free fall towards the Gante.

"Now let's see if you can take a little overheat! BREAST FIRE!"

Aiming for the middle head of the Fossil Monster, Mazinger's red beam of light makes a hit. The combined heat of the beam and the flames was enough to melt the stone surface followed immediately with an explosion. This caused the other four heads to cease its attack.

"DOUBLE CUTTER!" Sayaka shouts out as bladed projectiles from the Double Spazer's wing tip are launched to cut off the neck of the blown head of the Gante, creating an opening. Koji then takes the opportunity as his Mazinger enters the opening and lands within the Fossil Monster, attacking the inside using a variety of Mazinger's arsenal. Then, with another Breast Fire, Mazinger Z creates another huge opening on the Gante's 'belly' for it to go through. Koji moves his iron robot outside and Sayaka swoops the Double Spazer to dock onto Mazinger once more.

Now that Daisaku is no longer in any danger, Roger makes his chance to attack. Bringing the Big-O on its feet, it raises its arms upward then lowers and smacks both of its fist together. Upon impact, Big-O's crown emits a huge energy beam, striking at the exposed 'belly' of the Gante. The beam was even powerful enough to blast through, creating another hole on the rear. The Fossil Monster can only do nothing as it slowly bursts itself into a huge explosion.

Combattler V, Getter Robo, and the Bulgler continue take down one Fossil Monster after another. Combattler V in particular is taking down several more Bustodons with its variety of arsenals. However, as it brings down another Fossil Monster, it is unaware of the second Gante that's approaching. When the pilots of Combattler found out, it was already too late as the Gante wraps itself around the tall robot, like a hand gripping tight of something.

"Captain!" Naomi shouts. "It's Combattler!"

Rin could only watch as the Gante now attempts to crush Combattler V. Both the Getter 1 and the Bulgler try to release it by firing their weapons, but it's of no use.

"We need to do something if we are to bring that thing down..." Irmgardt said as he watches alongside Rin. "A large-scale attack should do the trick."

But Rin objects the idea. "But if we are to go for the Mega-Particle Cannon, we might risk hitting the Combattler." "If we don't they'll be crushed. We need to take the risk."

Rin knows there's no time for debate. Action needs to be taken now. "All right. Prepare the Mega-Particle Cannon. Aim for the Gante"
"But Captain...!" the rest of the crew objects.
"This is an order!" And with that everyone gets to work. The cannons are then brought out, slowly targeting the Fossil Monster. But just as Rin is about to give the V separates itself. The 5 Battle Machines are now set free from the Fossil Monster's grip. Shortly thereafter, they combined again.

"Man! That was very close, Hyoma!" the third pilot of Combattler spoke.
"Any more and we'd be finished!" mentioned the fifth pilot, sounding like that of a child.
"Yeah. Good thinking, Chizuru," said the lead pilot, Hyoma.
"Don't thank yet, we still have that big chunk of rock to take care of," the fourth pilot, a female, answered back. "Let's show them what Combattler is made of, Hyoma!" the second pilot said.
"Ok, guys! Let's do it!" Hyoma tells the others. "Now we'll show how we defeated those Campbell Armies!"

As Getter 1 and the Bulger keep the Gante busy with their attacks, Combattler V now begins its counterattack.

"Our Combattler's going to kick your butt, you monster!" Hyoma taunts. "CHODENJI YO-YO!"

From Combattler's waistline, it picks up two large discs surrounded with blades. Then electromagnetic energy surrounds Combattler's index fingers and the discs. The discs are then swung and twirled around with the electromagnetic energy as its 'string', thus the weapon appearing like that of a yo-yo. Afterwards Combattler throws the discs in a horizontal sweep, hitting at least two of the Gante's necks. It did not cut them completely, but it did left a sharp opening for Getter 1 and Bulgler to attack.

"Missiles fire!" Rei shouts.
"GETTER BEEEEEEAAAAAAMMMMM!!!!!" Ryoma shouts as well. The attacks from both aimed for the damaged areas of the Gante. "Hyoma-kun! It's your chance"
"Now for the finishing touch!" Hyoma shouted. "CHODENJI TATSUMAKI!!!"

From the antennas found on each side of Combattler's head, electromagnetic energy is surged out. But it had a pink/red color as opposed to the white/yellow one that appeared during the combination and the use of the Chodenji Yoyo. Combattler literally grabs the energy surge with its hands and throws the surge at the Gante. The energy then quickly changes its form from an electrical to a tornado. The tornado hits the Gante and spins it around violently. When the tornado fades, the Gante seems paralyzed as it was surrounded in two ripple-like waves.

"CHODENJI SPIIIIIN!!!"

Now white/yellow electromagnetic energy surges on the antennas as Combattler raises its arms upwards, sticking the wrists together. The hands were then replaced with a large drill and the electromagnetic energy surrounds the Combattler as it spins itself at incredible speeds, turning the robot into a tornado. Combattler V then flies upwards and flies head on towards the paralyzed Fossil Monster, ramming it with its large drill and going through. The Gante is destroyed in an instant.

"Here he comes!" Akira said as the last Gante piloted by Sharking is charging towards the base. "We need to prevent him from firing any ranged attacks"
"My energy levels are low but I can still execute one attack." Ryoga said.
"I'll give you guys some cover fire then," Ryusei suggests. "Let's go, guys!" Akira signals. "On it! Boosted Rifle!" Ryusei shouts as the R-1 pulls out it's long rifle and fires single shots at Sharking's Gante. Though the solid shots are small, they are indeed quick and powerful as each head of the Fossil Monster takes a hit.

Ryoga now zooms in on the Gante. He knows that if he uses any more of the Spiral Attack or the Maxi Blaster, it would drain the Grungust's energy to zero, making it immobile. As he comes close he converts the G-Hawk to its robot mode and lashes out a Roundhouse Kick to each of the five heads. Using the Gante's belly, the Grungust unleashes a Double-Kick and jumps off to make some distance. Then Ryoga executes his last attack:

"MAXI BLASTER!"

Once again, beams of light are fired from the Grungust's chest and hit the Gante. However, because of the unit's low energy level, Ryoga can only release the beam for a few seconds. Though it deals extensive damage to the target, it wasn't enough to destroy it. Ryoga now has to break the attack and the Grungust takes a free fall.

"Ryusei! A little help here!"

Ryusei complied and converts his R-1 into the R-Wing and flies underneath the falling robot. With barely any power left, Ryoga puts the Grungust's Basic Motion System to the limit as the Grungust curls and activates the boosters for a split second and makes a soft landing on top of the R-Wing. Ryusei keeps its engines at maximum power to be able to support the Grungust's weight. Then Ryoga aims his fists at the Gante.

"Boost Knuckles, fire"
"Don't forget me!" Ryusei shouts. "Missiles and Revolver shots, fire!"

The combined attacks from both robots do more than enough to prevent the Gante from unleashing an attack. At the same time, Akira prepares for his attack against Sharking's Fossil Monster.

"Let us show them our new power, Son of Ra!" said the voice to Akira. "Shout out, God Bird"
"GOD BIRD, CHANGE!" Akira shouts as Raideen begins a transformation. The 'helmet' of Raideen closes while the legs were bent. Arms attaching to the body and wings are formed. The Raideen has now transformed into a large jet fighter making an appearance of a bird, hence the name.

"Target set!" Akira said as from his radar screen two circular cursors lock on to the final Gante. At that point the God Bird goes forward at full throttle and crashes to the Fossil Monster. The 'beak' attached on the crown was surprisingly sharp enough to slide through the stone surface and punctured a hole on the Gante. It was enough to bring down the final Fossil Monster to rubble. However, Sharking himself was able to escape via floating rock platform and covered in a glass sphere.

"Father shall not forgive me for this failure!" Sharking rants. "How dare you all! I will not forget this!"

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Part 5

Within the halls of the Mutron Base lies the conference room. The room only consists of a long, oval-shaped table fitted with a large liquid crystal display screen for the participants to view something as part of the discussion. Among those who are inside are Kamamiyadera, Chief Chujo and Master Go; Roger and Banjo; Aya of the SRX team; Hayato of the Getter Team; Akira, Rin and Ryoga.

"I would first and foremost thank you all for defending the base," Kamamiyadera addresses. "The Youma Empire have assaulted us with a much stronger force. If it not for your help, the Mutron Fortress would have been in their hands for sure. However, now is not the time to celebrate our victory as we have now face an even greater crisis. As you all know, there have been news of several hostile factions appearing worldwide coming about. Not only do we have the Youma Empire, we have the MetalBeast Army, Big Fire, and the Zeons to deal with. Furthermore, an alien race, claiming to belong to the Campbell forces has made their presence known in the city near the Nanbara Connection. If it not for Combattler V to sortie, the city would be gone by then"
"The Federation does not have the military strength to suppress all of these by themselves." Chujo adds. "This makes it even more difficult with rumors of the Titans acting more irrationally to the point of a possible coup. If the rumors are true, even the Federation top brass would not have the power to stop it and both the planet and the colonies would run into total chaos if the coup took place"
"A total takeover of the Federation by the Titans would also result for the hostile factions to take advantage and conquer the world for themselves." Banjo suggests. "And sooner or later, these factions would then turn on against one another for supremacy. Add that to the alien invasion and before you know it, we have Armageddon"
"Can't the Federation simply use the Macross and its forces to deal with this problem?" Ryoga asks.
"The SDF-1 and its members are given strict instructions to only combat the incoming alien threat and not to engage in any other hostile activities elsewhere." Go replies. "Though the Campbell and the Vega forces have made their arrivals here, neither where the ones Dr. Zoldark described about"
"So what now then?" Roger asked.
"This is our main subject of the meeting." Kamamiyadera answered. "The White Base Kai and the Mutropolis Base has some of the best combat-ready machines in the world. However, our numbers a quite few and are just as in a disadvantage as the Federation. So suggestions are open as to how we deal with this problem"
"Sounds like a need for the 13th Autonomous Corps to regroup for this." Hayato comments.
"Not a bad idea," Akira said. Everyone else seemed to agree.
"There's just one problem," Banjo interrupts. "Bright and his crewmembers have joined the A.E.U.G. The Titans have labeled them as enemies to the Federation. Any attempts to forge an alliance with them would brand us traitors as well"
"Why not like, grant them some kind of asylum?" Ryoga suggests.
"Asylum?" asked Rin.
"Well if the Titans branded the AEUG as traitors, maybe if a high member of the Federation would grant them asylum or something similar in exchange of them fighting with us, they would avoid jurisdiction"
"I believe the young man has a good point." Roger comments. And everyone seconded Ryoga's suggestion as well.
"Then it is settled," Kamamiyadera speaks out. "Starting with the Mutropolis Organization, we will grant the AEUG and its allies asylum. I will personally try to lobby the high officials of the Federation to do the same. This meeting is now adjourned."

Meanwhile, Ryusei could not help by cry in glee as he takes pictures of all the robots that are docked inside the base. "Look at this. This is so wonderful! Mazinger Z, Getter Robo, Raideen...they're all here!" He even screamed like a female fanatic the second he sees Koji hanging around with Ryoma and Musashi and immediately rushed towards them for autographs and pictures.

At one area, Watta is looking over a Gundam that was docked in. This Gundam appeared to be less armored than the Mk II that Camille uses and doesn't seem to be equipped with much weaponry other than the standard Beam Rifle and Saber. At the cockpit, the two saw the pilot: a boy who surprisingly is their age. He had gold, short hair wears a white shirt and blue jeans with a blue leather jacket. His white colored skin and large dark eyes suggest he's European.

"Hey there!" Watta shouts out. The young Gundam pilot then turns his head as Watta approaches him. "Are you really this Gundam's pilot"
"Erm...yes..." the young boy answered rather shyly.
"Cool! I'm Watta Takeo! What's your name"
"Usso...Usso Evin"
"Great! Let's be friends! "Please to you meet you..." Usso responds.
"How are you all, guys?" a voice of another boy called out and approached the duo. He was perhaps the shortest, being half the size of Daisaku. He wears a blue green uniform with white long sleeves. There's a large letter 'V' at the front, suggesting he is one of the pilots of Combattler. He had pretty short hair and his eyes are covered in glasses. But the glasses themselves had a spiral design on it, the one you would normally see in X-ray specs glasses found in most costume stores. "Say, aren't you one of the Combattler pilots?" Watta asks.
"Yep. I'm Kosuke Kita, pilot of the Battle Craft, Combattler's feet"
"Coolness! Can we be friends with you"
"Thought you'd never ask! Count me in!" and the trio laughed like the children they are.
"Usso!" called out a girl as she goes toward the trio delivering a box of what appears to be food. She was wearing a white long sleeve shirt and a red skirt. The shirt was covered in a brown jacket. She tied her long brown hair at the back and her slightly brown skin could suggest she is from the South Asia region. "Shakti." Usso called her.
"I brought some food for you. Thought you'd be hungry," she said. The box contained some sandwiches and cookies as well as boxed drinks. "You shouldn't have, Shakti. I'm fine. But thanks"
"And please to meet you all," she bowed in greeting to Watta and Kosuke. "I'm Shakti Kareen. Would you care for something to eat? I have plenty for everyone"
"Don't mind if I do!" Watta replied and takes a sandwich. "Thank you!"

"So, you're the pilots of Combattler V?" Chikara asks the team.
"Yep! The name's Hyoma Aoi," replied the pilot of Combattler's head, the Battle Jet. One could mistake him for Koji as he had the same short spiky hair complexion. His rather large eyes and nose makes out the difference. "I'm the leader of the Combattler Team"
"Hey, who made you a leader?" grunted Jyuzo Naniwa, the pilot of Combattler's arms, the Battle Crusher. He had long hair and small squinty eyes and appears to be a guy with a bad attitude. "I pilot Combattler's head, so that automatically makes me a leader, so there"
"That's enough chit-chatter, you two!" said the groups' only female member. She had a slender body and had long, green hair stretching down her spine. She then turns to Chikara. "Sorry. I am Chizuru Nanbara, pilot of the Battle Marine, Combattler's legs. I'm also the daughter of Prof. Nanbara, the creator of Combattler V. And next to me here is Daisaku Nishikawa, pilot of the Combattler's Torso, the Battle Tank"
"Hi!" greeted the Battle Tank pilot. He happened to have a pretty large body that would rival that of Musashi's and Tetsugyu's.
"How is it that the five of you were selected to be pilots for Combattler?" asked Rei. "I mean, from the looks of you all, neither of you had any professional training whatsoever"
"It is true," Chizuru replies. "But we have observed the individuals very carefully and have made these individuals the right choice to pilot our Battle Machines. I participated myself in finding out suitable recruits for piloting Combattler"
"And you say that 'Chodenji' or Electromagnetic Energy is the robot's power source?" asked Sarumaru.
"Correct"
"Wow...with that and its assortment of weapons, you got yourselves one heck of a robot."

At the Medical Ward, Daisaku and Tetsugyu wait nervously at the front door, waiting to hear word about Ginrei's condition. Naomi then came out to give news to the waiting duo.

"Good news. Ginrei is safe."

Both Daisaku and Tetsugyu sighed with relief.

"You may visit her now, but she needs some rest, ok? Don't chat with her too long."

The two agreed and went inside to find Ginrei now sitting up at her bed, smiling to greet the duo coming in. Daisaku was about to speak up, but Tetsugyu quickly butts in and takes Ginrei's hand, crying.

"Ginrei! I thought I'd lost you!" whined the big guy. "I promise I will treat you right this time around and I won't leave you alone"
"It's ok, Tetsugyu, I'm fine!" Ginrei replied. But Tetsugyu continues to hold her hand and nuzzling it with his cheek. Ginrei later could feel Tetsugyu's own mucus smothered at her fingers and quickly bats it off. "Ewww! Gross"
"Here, let me clean it off," said Daisaku as he takes his handkerchief off his pocket and wipes away the mucus from Ginrei's hand.
"Why, thank you!" Ginrei compliments with a smile, which made Daisaku very happy...and Tetsugyu burning red in flames.

The day slowly comes down and being replaced with the night, but Ryoga remains in the docking way watching over the robots. It was not until a little later that Akira and Roger later come about.

"Gazing at them, I see," said Roger.
"Yeah. It is amazing seeing these guys all lined up." Ryoga replied. "Each one of them designed with the task to save mankind from total disaster"
"But even if they are designed, they are not entirely titled to do so," Akira objects. "In the end, the ones that truly decide their destinies are us, the pilots. As what Koji's late grandfather once said, 'such powers can turn you into a god, or a devil' when he described Mazinger Z"
"One thing sort of puzzles me: everybody said that Raideen was actually destroyed 7 years ago. How can it be standing now"
"True. Raideen was destroyed at the end of the One-Year War after its battle with the Youma Army. Back then, Raideen was really a stone golem, like the Gantes. Only the Mutron, Raideen's energy source, remained intact. Before it was destroyed, Raideen warned of the day that evil would come from the black sky, which how he describes space. It was the same one Dr. Zoldark mentioned to the Federation"
"In an effort to restore Raideen..." Roger adds. "...Banjo, Watta, and myself gathered our resources for the Mutropolis group to research on the Mutron and to build a robot body which the Mutron can adapt to. The result is the new Raideen you see now"
"Wow...that was an awesome robot"
"To be honest, we never thought it would work as it was never tested"
"And what of your robot, Mr. Smith"
"You mean Big-O? Well, I've always wanted to have a robot of my own, just like Banjo's and Watta's, so I designed it to my specifications"
"Even Watta has his own robot"
"Yes-The Trider G7. Originally a transport ship to deliver goods from Jupiter to Earth, Watta's late father and Banjo modified it into a robot. It's resting near Watta's estate while Daitarn 3, Banjo's robot, is located in the Mars Colony"
"I see"
"Anyhow, tomorrow, you will be leaving for California to rendezvous with the AEUG and the Kalaba groups, so you better get yourself some rest"
"Aren't you coming with us, Mr. Smith"
"Banjo, Watta and I have some other business to attend to"
"And what of you, Akira-san"
"I'll be joining you on the trip." Akira replied.
"But wouldn't it leave the base defenseless"
"The Experts of Justice will be staying here as well as Giant Robo to put up the base's defense when the statues from China arrive for Dr. Yasunishi to research on"
"Well, so much for the challenge between the Grungust and the R-1"
"It's not a total loss. The R-1 performed rather well in combat and I'm surprised it was strong enough to carry the Grungust's weight"
"So, why say we call it a night boys?" Roger suggests.
"Sure, why not?" Akira and Ryoga agree.

Dawn comes and the White Base Kai is now prepared to leave the Mutron Fortess on destination to California to meet up with Bright and the AEUG.

"All systems ready, Captain." Mika reports in.
"Well done, Mika," Rin replied as she activates her communications. "All right, everyone. Before we leave, I want to call out the roster one more time. All pilots please radio back when I call your units:
Mazinger Z"
"Koji here"
"Double Spazer"
"Sayaka Yumi, reporting"
"Buzz...Bass...Booze"
"It's BOSS-BOROT!" Boss yelps.
"Ok...um...Getter Robo"
"Getter Team here." Ryoma radios.
"Victory Gundam"
"Usso Evin, V Gundam ready." "Combattler V"
"Combattler Team, all set." Hyoma reports.
"Raideen"
"Akira Hibiki, roger"
"Gespensts A and B"
"Irmgardt Kazahara here"
"Daiken Crow, ready"
"Grungust Nishiki"
"Ryoga Kazehino, Grungust ready"
"R-1"
"RYUSEI DATE IS HERE"
"Um...Ryusei-kun, you don't have to call out that loud"
"Err...sorry, Captain. I'm just excited about this"
"Ok...now that everyone is here, White Base Kai, take off. Set a course for California, USA."

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Epilogue

Meanwhile, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, Sharking was able to seek refuge over a mountain in a small island that's secretly one of the bases of the Youma Army. Upon landing, Sharking slowly descends from within the mountainous rocks and proceeds approximately 300 ft down below. Much like in Egypt, the hidden base is filled with several ancient decors dating to the ancient times from hieroglyphics depicting the history of the Youma Kingdom, to the dozens of Bustodon and Drome statues standing tall. Supposedly, Sharking is to be greeted by the demons that dwell within the base.

There was no one. That wondered the Youma Prince as he proceeds to the throne room to report to his father, Barao. The throne room is located via small dark passageway with torches that light up each time he passes through. As he finally exits the passageway and entering the throne room, he would expect the room being filled with mountains of gold with a golden chair sitting on top. But that is not what the Prince see. Instead was a room of enormous size. There is no gold to be found. Nor stone. Only metal.

Living, moving metal.

And from those metals he can see his subjects. The demons entangled within the web of moving metal, engulfing them like Anacondas tightening their preys with their long coil before swallowing them whole.

"What..." the Prince could not do anything but gasp at what he sees. "What is happening!"

Then in front of him, the metals formed up an eerie looking face and screams at the Prince, shouting only one word:

"ZOOOONDAAAAARRR!!!!!!"

End of Chapter 2