"I'm SO sorry for the delay. I hope that this was worth the wait at least and that the last two chapters won't take as long!"
A MIGHTY BOND THE NEXT GENERATION
Chapter 6 The Wedding
After escaping the deadly wrath of Red King, Whitney went back to facing her regular troubles. Although this time they were getting worse.
The wedding was today and she of course didn't feel any better about it.
More than anything she wanted out of this all. She didn't love Conner, she didn't even like him.
But even so she knew Eric wouldn't stand still if she backed out.
Although they were in Japan, the wedding would be more American like as that was still their origins.
As the guest arrived at the spot one by one Whitney went to the two who she felt were true family
"Uncle Tom? Aunt Adrian?" Whitney asked.
"Yes Whitney?" They both replied.
"What do you think about Conner?" Whitney asked.
"What do you mean sweetheart?" Adrian questioned.
"Do you really think he'd be a good husband?" Whitney asked.
"We'll if you think he'd would-" Tom started.
"No I mean do you honestly think so?" The younger one asked again.
The two looked at each other and sighed.
"Well...No offence but to be honest Whitney, we really don't know what it is you see in him." Tom said.
"Don't take this the wrong way we're still happy for you and we'll support you to the end." Adrian added.
"Thanks." Whitney said.
She was glad she wasn't the only one who thought that. But that gladness was far from enough to cover the despair that she was going to marry that swine.
Many miles away a monster was attacking a beach.
It was too far away from the wedding's area for any apparent harm but the people residing by the shore had a different scenario on their hands.
As soon as Dash heard of it, Kaito transformed into Max and went after him.
The monster causing harm was some kind of bird like monster.
Its head looked like a rooster's and a bird of prey combined including the wattles, comb, and a very sharp beak.
The body however was more human like with talon like claws on its hands as well as its feet.
The color of the creature was a mix of blue, red and tan.
Max recognized this monster. It was Birdon.
The Ultra braced himself. He knew all too well what this monster did to Taro and Zoffy. However if the right tricks were preformed, Birdon wasn't too deadly.
Birdon shot fire at Max who easily dodged it.
The monster took off into the air thinking it would have the advantage.
Max took off after him with no problems following.
Birdon tried to head butt the Ultra but missed.
As the monster passed by him, Max gave it a kick in the back, plummeting it towards the hard ground.
He then jumped on the monster's back and slammed his fist into the bird's spine.
Birdon began rolling managing to get Max off of him.
He then charged in and started to stab the Ultra with his beak.
Max took a good five hits before he managed to grab the monster's weapon.
Following that was a knee to its stomach.
Finally he threw him over his shoulder and into the ground.
Birdon swung his claws back and forth attempting to cut the Ultra.
A few good swipes managed to hit but overall it was pretty bad aim.
Max back-flipped and held up his two fists preparing for an attack.
Birdon got up and shot fire again.
Max dodged it with ease and charged the beast.
He gave one powerful punch to the enemy's face.
It was so powerful the sharp end of the beak was broken off.
Now that one of the monster's deadliest weapons was gone, it would be much easier.
Even so Max felt the need to finish this off as soon as possible.
Birdon tried its fire breath again and again as it was all it really had left.
The Ultra was hit a few times but nothing to cause and true damage.
Max finally fired his Maxium cannon finishing the creature off.
Even though he knew that Birdon would go down easily by that strategy he still was impressed with how easy it was.
He didn't realize that Birdon was just the start.
Suddenly out of nowhere he was hit from behind.
As he rolled onto his back on the ground he saw the striker was another bird like monster only this time with bluish skin, claws with only one digit, and a pentagon shape on its stomach
This monster was Bemstar.
Max was familiar with this monster too. He knew that certain weapons would do no harm to this creature.
He rose up and prepared to strike.
Bemstar charged towards the Ultra who then jumped over the bird.
With a 180 degree turn, Max then kicked the foe in the back.
Bemstar swung around 180 degrees too and swung its claw.
The monster managed to make a cut on the Ultra's left leg.
Max ignored the slight pain and gave Bemstar a roundhouse with his right leg.
He jumped on top of the bird and started punching it in the gut.
But momentarily after doing so he heard another roar in front of him that wasn't Bemstar's.
As he looked up a pair of long whips wrapped themselves around his head and swung him off Bemstar and into the hard ground.
On the other end of the whips was a large tan monster with red eyes, two large horns on its head and was covered in spikes.
This was Gudon.
This monster wasn't an easy opponent.
Max kept in mind to avoid the whips.
Bemstar got up and joined the new monster.
Gudon swung his long whips at Max while Bemstar charged.
With counter swipes of his hands Max deflected the whips and then rolled out of Bemstar's way.
He then went full speed ahead towards Gudon.
Halfway there he jumped and aimed his foot at the enemy.
The blow knocked Gudon to the ground as Max used the force to jump ahead of him and land on his feet.
He turned around to see Bemstar coming his way.
Instead of dodging again, Max ran towards the bird and gave it a clothesline move.
The monster was brought to the ground again.
Max faced the creature and prepared to strike while it was down.
Suddenly a roar was heard to his right.
Following that, an energy ray was shot at him from that direction.
The source of both of those action Max found out, came from a dinosaur like creature.
It was a blackish color, on all fours and had a carnivorous head that didn't look too different from Black King's.
The name of this beast was Kingsaurus 3.
Max was especially wary of this one.
As it was Jack had a very difficult time with this monster.
And with Gudon and Bemstar at its side things were going to be tough.
Max knew that his weakness was the horns but they weren't exactly easy to get.
Kingsaurus fired his red energy ray at Max who then dodged it.
He then took out his Maxium sword and threw the boomerang like blade at the monsters.
Kingsaurus deflected the weapon without much problem.
Max suspected as much.
Gudon swung his whips at the Ultra multiple times and in unison Kingsaurus shot his red energy ray.
Max narrowly dodged each and every one only to realize that Bemstar was running towards him.
The bird managed to plow the hero over.
Gudon then used his whips again and Kingsaurus fired his energy ray at the downed Ultra.
Max took the hit for a while before grabbing the whips and rolling out of the ray's direction.
He then swung Gudon into Kingsaurus sending them both falling into the ground.
The Ultra turned around just in time to hit Bemstar who was charging at him.
Max felt like he could barley win this fight but there were still more monsters to appear.
Yet again an unexpected attack occurred.
Max was nailed in the back by energy bolts and a barrage of exploding rocks.
Black King and Red King had joined the fight.
Max was a powerful Ultraman but 5 monsters in unison was quite a death wish.
Even so he was determined not to let them harm anyone.
But the battle favor was just not on Max's side.
And despite all his efforts to prevent so otherwise, the battle was finding its way into the city.
Meanwhile at the wedding things weren't going so well either.
Most people find the length between the bride's walkway and the groom's location seemed to be a long ways away but for Whitney, it wasn't long enough.
Instead of gradually working towards happiness, it was walking away from anything like it.
The bridal march music playing didn't sound very joyful in her mind.
Everyone looked at her with smiles that normally were encouraging but even though they had no intention to do so, for Whitney the smiles seemed mocking.
It wasn't long before she was at the end of the walkway and the priest went throught the speech.
She prayed for it to be long but it seemed all to sudden.
"Conner do you take Whitney as your lawful wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish until death do you part?" The priest finally asked.
"I do." Conner said although his voice didn't sound that convincing.
"And Whitney do you take Conner as your lawful husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish until death do you part?" The priest asked.
Whitney knew this was it. This was the decision she had to make that would affect her life permanently. She was still guilted and was about to say I do but then she managed to stop herself. She asked herself if she really wanted to do this. Her answer was of course not. Of course she didn't. She never wanted to from the start. She worked up her bravery. She had to speak now or else be stuck with Conner.
"I...don't." Whitney said.
"Then by the po-" The preacher started before he realized what she just said. "Wait a minute. Did you say you don't?"
"Yes, I don't. I'm sorry. I just can't go through with this." Whitney said.
Everyone watching gasped.
Eric got up and started walking towards Whitney.
"I apologize but this whole thing is a lie." She continued. "I don't love this man; I don't want to spend my life with him. I don't even want him as a friend. He's self-centered, demanding, and cares more about a bottle of alcohol than he does about me."
Eric grabbed her arm and said.
"Whitney you know the talk we had."
"Yes I did. All the more reason why I now want out of this." She replied.
"Need I remind you yet again who took you in and kept a roof over your head?" Eric growled softly so that no one else would hear him.
"You've used that excuse for too long 'Father'. You can't guilt me forever." Whitney answered. "Up until now I didn't have the spine to tell you what I think but those days are history! Now I know who I am, and I know what I want and I don't want this!"
Some of the people in the audience stood up.
"You were trying to force your own daughter into a marriage she didn't want?" A woman asked.
"You Scumbag!" A man added.
"How Dare You!" Another woman supported.
"What Kind Of Sick Demonic Man Are You?" Another man yelled.
"I sir have been through many bad weddings but this one tops them all!" The priest said.
"Besides, the biggest reason I can't marry him is because my heart belongs to someone else. Someone much more caring, someone much kinder, someone I do want to spend with for eternity."
Before anyone could ask who it was, a siren went off.
Following that was a loud crash echoing.
The fight had brought itself to the area.
Everyone immediately evacuated the building.
Most of the people ran away as fast as their legs could stand but Whitney however actually ran towards the area.
She saw her true loved one being beaten around by the other monsters.
Black King slapped the Ultra with his two paws, knocking him into the ground.
Bemstar kicked him while Gudon slammed his whips into his back.
Kingsaurus swung his head back and forth roaring and then fired his energy ray at Max.
As Max was on his hands and knees, Red King stomped his foot into his back pushing him into the ground once more.
Members of the DASH team in their ships tried to help him out but it didn't do much good.
Max's color timer flashed red and beeped.
With that in her sight Whitney knew she had to help. That's when she remembered what other event today was.
"WHITNEY WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Adrian's voice cried as she and Tom ran up to her.
Whitney looked back to see them behind her.
"We need to evacuate sweetheart." Tom said.
"I can't. I have to help Max." Whitney said.
"Even if we allowed you to go, what can you do?" Tom asked.
"Oh right. I never showed you." She replied.
Whitney then took out the necklace that glew upon her touch.
Tom and Adrian were speechless at first.
"It's the necklace of Ultrawoman." Tom said at last. "But it wouldn't glow unless..."
"Whitney." Adrian added when Tom seemed to have returned to his speechless state. "You're...Ultrawoman?"
Whitney nodded and said. "I remember everything now. I had no intentions of leaving Max. I felt guilty being unable to so much as let him know what happened but when Black King and Gomora teamed up on me I was unable to call for help. This was the only way I could see my love again. As I suspected, I was unaware of my past until something like this happened."
The two went from shocked expressions to delighted ones.
"How ironic. We've been looking for her for years and she was right under our noses the whole time." Adrian said.
"And we've been raising her for years." Tom added.
"I'm not sure if you recall this but this is the exact day of year that Max and I first met." Whitney finished.
Suddenly Tom and Adrian realized that she was right.
They had clean forgotten about it due to the now canceled wedding.
"I have to bond with Max or else there's no hope left." Whitney said.
Adrian and Tom decided that she was right.
Besides they didn't want to separate her from her real love.
"Be careful." Tom said and left.
"Go get them Whitney!" Adrian encouraged with a smile before following Tom.
Whitney smiled back and faced towards the fight.
She took out the necklace and held it high in the air.
Upon doing so it flashed a bright light.
She then took both ends of the metal lace, moved the opening over her head and placed the jewelry around her neck.
The object shined brightly and then her body grew and transformed into the being that hadn't been seen in centuries.
Back to her long awaited self, Ultrawoman took off towards the battle to finally join with her true lover.