Saotome, Shikishima, Coen, Stinger, and the communications department of Saotome's lab all stared at the live feed of Getter-1, as it floated in the void of space, staring at the large spacecraft. It was the height of five skyscrapers, and the width of eight more laying on their sides. It was a shape similar to a giant straight katana, even having a higher portion of the ship liked the tsuba.
Saotome grabbed an earpiece from the table in front of him, put it on, and left the room. Saotome headed towards the medical bay, knowing his daughter would be there. Each person in the medical bay did not have their own private room, instead it was one large room filled with beads and a chair next to each one, with a curtain separating the beads.
Saotome walked past several beds occupied by engineers who had been injured working on the new Getters, before reaching the newest resident. Musashi laid in the bed connected to an IV with blood and morphine being pumped into his veins, a heartbeat monitor, and had an air mask over his mouth and nose. Both of Musashi's feet were elevated, most of his body in a cast aside from his left arm and above. Saotome did not have the heart to tell Michiru he may never wake up from the coma that the ape had left him in.
Michiru was sitting in the seat provided for guests, asleep. Saotome put his hand on her shoulder and gently shook her awake. "Dad…? How long has it been?" she asked.
"Six hours since I left you." Saotome replied.
"Six hours!? Have…have you found them yet?" Michiru asked, looking up into her dad's eyes with a heavy heart.
"Yes. We did." Saotome responded, worried how much he should tell her.
"They're aboard an alien space craft. They…RYOMA!?" Saotome loudly asked, as Ryoma's voice filled the ear piece. "What are you talking about!? Whose human? Oh… oh I see." Saotome muttered.
"Dad, what's happening!?" Michiru asked, standing up.
"Ryoma's turned his helmet's radio on. He's broadcasting everything that's happening on the ship. The demons…they're people. They've… my god." Saotome asked.
"What? What is it!?" Michiru asked, anxiety in her voice.
"They're people who were exposed to dead Getter Rays. They're evolved humans." Saotome said, stumbling back. "In the fifteen years, I've been studying Getter Rays, I could never have imagined that they could be used for the forced evolution of a human. Not… not like this."
Two minutes later…
Ryoma punched a helmetless demon in the face as the other jumped on his back. Two on one was hardly a fair fight. He couldn't see how Hayato was doing from his current position, and even if he could he couldn't exactly help. Ryoma jumped onto his back, crushing down on the demon. He quickly jumped back up to his feet, and kicked the other demon in the crotch as it attempted to recover. Ryoma dropped to his knees on top of the demon's chest, punching it in the face repeatedly.
Ryoma had punched the demon in the face two dozen times, knocking all its teeth out, before he was confident it wouldn't get back up. Ryoma stood up, and turned around. Hayato was on the ground, being kicked in the ribs by the other two demons. One of them, the demon on the right side, had a combat knife in its back. Ryoma dashed forward, ripped the knife out, and stabbed it in the throat. Ryoma ripped the blade out and quickly slit the throat of the other demon as it turned around to face the newcomer.
Burai clapped loudly before saying "Well done! It is evident who the great warrior here is. Hidler, take the injured one away."
Hidler nodded and stepped towards Hayato. Ryoma raised the knife, and the doors behind him opened. He spun around, and saw two unarmed soldiers walk in and pick Hayato up under their arms and begin to walk away, Hidler following them. Ryoma turned back towards Burai and said "Well, what the hell am I supposed to do?"
"You still have not proved you are capable of battling me. Prove yourself against a dozen oni at once, and then we may fight." Burai boomed.
The door slid open behind Ryoma once again, and he turned to face a dozen more helmetless soldiers. Unarmed, but still largely outnumbering him. Ryoma brought himself into a battle stance and then said: "Well, what the hell are you waiting for!? Fight me!" and then they charged at him.
Ryoma jumped into the air, pushing off the shoulders of a soldier with his hands while raising his legs above its head. Ryoma sailed over the wave of soldiers, and fell to the ground where he rolled against a wall. Ryoma pulled himself up, and was immediately punched in the face. Ryoma stabbed forward before even looking, and turned his head back to see he had stabbed it into the belly of a soldier, who stared down at it in shock. Ryoma quickly dragged the blade to the left, tearing its belly open and spilling blue blood and grey intestines.
The soldier fell, and was replaced by another soldier who was already punching at Ryoma. Ryoma quickly parried by stabbing the knife into the demon's hand, and punching it in the side. Ryoma ripped the blade out and stabbed it into the demon's eye. Ryoma ripped the blade out, and was punched in the face again.
Ryoma fell back, but quickly gathered himself and tackled his attacker to the ground. Ryoma raised the knife with both hands, and pushed it down into the demon's heart with all his strength. Ryoma pulled himself up, covered in blue blood. The other demons stared at him in shock. Ryoma took this opportunity to quickly cut the throat of the demon closest to him, stab the knife into the eye of the next demon, and stab the next in the heart.
The demons snapped out of their trance, and all jumped onto Ryoma. The first one grabbed his legs, immobilizing him, while the others simply dogpiled him. Ryoma could barely move, but neither could they without risking their lives. Ryoma was still clutching Hayato's knife, although his arm was being forced against the ground by the legs of a demon. Ryoma turned the knife in his hand, and stabbed into the demon's knee. The demon spun over in pain, tearing the knife from his knee in the process. Ryoma quickly took this opportunity with a free hand to stab one of the demons behind him in the side three times, before stabbing another one in the skull.
The demons rose off Ryoma, and he quickly pushed the one on his chest off and scuttled backwards. One of the remaining demons went to assist his injured comrade, while the others charged at Ryoma. The knife was quickly kicked out of his hand, and two of the demons grabbed his arms and pulled him up to his feet. They held his arms back as the other demon stepped forward, and punched Ryoma in the belly. Ryoma gasped for air, and was hit once more.
Ryoma struggled to pull free, and was then kicked in the crotch. "You… dick," Ryoma moaned.
The demon continued to punch Ryoma over and over again. This continued for nearly five minutes. Ryoma was now coughing up blood. The demon stepped back, and bent down to pick up Hayato's knife. The demon sliced open his own finger to show how sharp it was, then stepped towards Ryoma. Ryoma struggled as hard as he could, but it was no good. He was trapped. The demon stepped forward, and stabbed the knife into Ryoma's belly.
Ryoma's eyes went wide, then they went vacant. The demon ordered his comrades to drop him, and they moved towards Burai and kneeled down. The demon assisting the injured one did not move away from his comrade, although both of them looked to their emperor. Behind them, Ryoma sat up, and pulled himself to his feet. Ryoma gripped the knife, and ripped it out. It took everything in him not to scream as blood spilled out.
Ryoma stepped forward, grabbed the mouth of the demon crouching next to the injured soldier so it wouldn't scream, and slit its throat. He did the same with the injured demon. Ryoma walked towards the other demons now, barely able to move as his adrenaline wore off. Burai looked at Ryoma with curiosity, while the demons kept their heads bowed in respect of their lord.
Ryoma stabbed the knife down into the throat of the first demon, and quickly repeated to the one to his right as it turned to face him. The other two demons quickly rose to their feet, only for the one to Ryoma's left to quickly have its guts spilled to the ground. The remaining demon punched forward, but Ryoma ducked then tackled forward, and stabbed it in the heart. Before he pulled himself up he whispered "Getter, target lock Nagare Ryoma's helmet."
"Well done! You a truly a capable warrior!" Burai boomed. "But are you capable of fighting me!?" after saying this he stood to his feet, and tore his uniform off, revealing even more white hair that covered everything aside from a red six-pack.
Ryoma stumbled back a few feet and said: "My lord Burai, before we fight, take my helmet as an offering before we battle."
Burai considered this for a few seconds before saying "Very well, it would be an honor to take a gift from a great warrior such as yourself."
Ryoma pulled his helmet off and tossed it to lord Burai who quickly caught it in his right hand. "Your right, I am a great warrior. What if I told you I could kill you in just two words?" Ryoma asked.
"And what would those two words be?" Burai asked, taking a step towards Ryoma, who took three feet back in response.
Ryoma grinned, blood spilling out of his mouth, and yelled at the top of his lungs: "GETTEAH BEAMMM!"
Ryoma turn and ran towards the door. He made it there in two seconds, Burai just behind him. Then the Getter Beam tore through the hull of the ship and hit Burai as Ryoma ran out, and it went through Burai and out the other side of the ship. As soon as the Getter Beam hit the room they had been in, the door had sealed behind Ryoma so he could not witness Burai's death. Once the Getter Beam had hit Burai, his body had begun to evolve at an insane rate. Burai smiled as the Getter Rays killed him, happy that he could finally evolve. As Burai turned into a radically different being, he also began to disintegrate. Five seconds of the Getter Beam in effect, and he was a pile of ash, and the helmet was a puddle of molten metal absorbing the ash.
Adrenaline filled Ryoma once again as he hurried to find Ryoma. Over the loud speaker, a computer voice boomed "HULL BREACH DETECTED, HULL BREACH DETECTED, HULL BREACH DETECTED". Ryoma was losing blood fast, and had no idea if his friend was even still alive or not. Still, he had to know for sure. And even if he did find Hayato… how would they escape?