"Captain!"
"Ryu, be quiet"
"Is the Captain alright?"
"He's resting right now, his life is not in danger"
The group goes to the command center depressed and Toriyama slightly cheers them up, and then they learn that the plan would fail, up until Taro figured out that Misaki had the permission to activate flight mode
"Taro it's not that simple, I may normally have permission but there are others who are questioning my right as the Deputy inspector general"
Fortunately Misaki would be given permission and Sakomizu woke up to ask for it and with the weapon they managed to seal the rift, though not before a fight happens
"That took longer than it should have, by the way Toriyama what is up with you lately?"
"Sorry I haven't been getting much sleep for reasons I am not getting into right now because for the moment they are private, I will let you know if they involve you should it come to it"
"But for now you're going to be a little short tempered and might fall asleep on us without even trying to be, okay we understand, but if you need help let us know"
"I will, I know when to ask for help don't worry"
The alarm sounded and the group went out and fought another monster and this time Taro wasn't needed but only because of the fact that they recognized the monster as an ally and not an enemy most of the time
"Good thing we succeeded in getting that monster back to normal"
"Agreed, it could have turned bad if we hadn't found that control device"
"Tobei, did you already know about the peaceful nature of that group?"
"Yes, which is why I didn't get involved this time, though I was prepared to do so if needed"
Over the next few days things were calm and then Toriyama came in and revealed he was asking for help with choosing a new Maquette monster for the group
"Tomorrow's the due date"
"I get it, you want our help"
"Are you a child?"
"You have to do your own homework"
"I've been trying, but we keep getting interrupted, I haven't been procrastinating despite what Maru said"
"Toriyama..."
Misaki speaks up then
"Toriyama is telling the truth, I've seen him trying to do his work several times and despite the relatively quiet period we've had he's still been interrupted. I even saw him taking work home with him a few times recently"
"Oh"
The group starts looking at the different monsters and then noticed a capsule with Mebius in it
"I know we all miss him, but I think it better not to make Mebius into an ally like that, not only could you hurt Taro by bringing him out at the wrong moment but it will be hard on all of us to see him just vanish like Miclas does after only a minute"
The group continues and decides to have a mock battle when things go wrong with Zetton. Fortunately Taro manages to take the enemy down and when he gets back to the command center he's welcomed back with open arms
"Good work there, almost thought we would lose you a few times"
"It was close once or twice...captain I wouldn't have minded seeing Mebius help me even if it was for a minute but I do understand your concern about doing so on a regular basis"
"For now it's still only Miclas and Windam then in the end"
"Agreed, Toriyama let headquarters know about our decision"
"Will do, I will also let them know not to use any more Ultra's if they decide to do this again"
"Might be a good idea"
The group continues fighting regular attacks with each of them getting hurt at least once each attack. Taro in his human form started showing up in medical a lot more frequently than was normal for either him or before his loss Mebius
"Tobei what is going on?"
"Sorry guys, can't explain yet, there is a reason I am winding up in medical more frequently but now isn't the time to explain, but soon, soon you'll have answers I promise"
It would turn out the group got answers sooner than expected when Tobei simply collapsed while on duty during a short lull in monster attacks. The group had decided to catch up on some paperwork and regular patrols that had been lagging because of their monster duties and Taro in his human form decided to be part of the patrol to see the city since he hadn't had a chance to recently. While outside the vehicle simply talking to people Taro passed out and George who was with him acted fast
"Tobei...wake up...you're burning up"
George quickly called for medical to come pick Taro up while he finished patrol, once that was done he joined his teammates in medical awaiting word on Taro's condition
"How is he doctor?"
"Not good captain Sakomizu, he has an incredibly high fever and his breathing is erratic at best and non existent at worst, we're getting close to intubating him. We've been seeing him because of the fact that for some reason he's bruising really easily right now, even normal combat practicing has him ending up in here for medical treatment. We've run several tests and haven't been able to come up with any answers, and the only reason we haven't pull him from duty medically is because up until today except for the bruising issue he's been fine to work so long as he's careful"
"That means that he's either been hiding symptoms from you guys or it's a sudden progression"
"Exactly...captain he said that if anything happened to him where we have to have him unconscious for any extended period of time to contact a Hayata Shin in Kobe and have him come here"
"I know why, and will contact him myself"
"Understood sir"
The doctors leave the group alone with their friend
"It must be serious if he's asking for his Ultra relatives to come"
"Agreed, I'll contact Hayata and ask him to call the others and simply hope the four arrive in time"
The next day the four disguised Ultra showed up and as soon as they heard everything that had happened they knew what was going on with Taro
"It's something that occasionally happens when we've been working too hard on several things at once, but it also needs an environmental trigger of some sort, as such he must have been exposed to something and even though you thought he had healed from the incident it was only the beginning of the situation"
"The cyber attack, when we were trying to find new allies"
"Oh yeah, that wound...okay that makes sense"
"Care to explain?"
So the group explained the story and then the four Ultra knew what was needed
"However it's going to keep us unconscious for a day once we transfer energy to him so you need to find an excuse of some sort for us"
"Don't worry we'll have it covered"
The next day the four disguised Ultra woke up but Taro didn't
"It didn't work did it?"
"It worked, but he's been fighting this for long enough that it's going to take him a little more time to recover than for us to recover from transferring some of our energy to him"
"Okay then at least he will recover"
Taro would wake up two days later and quickly got back into the fight, then one day while they were relaxing Taro looked up into the sky and very suddenly stood up
"Tobei what's wrong?"
(Thinks) "I have to contact the four in Kobe because of trouble bigger than I can handle and Zoffy is on the way? I have to possibly hold on until help arrives" (out loud) "guys we need to get back to base, now"
"Okay, what for?"
"I'll explain once we're back"
The group gets back to base and everyone in on the secret could tell something was up
"What's wrong Tobei?"
"I need to contact Hayata, Moroboshi, Go, and Hokuto and have them come here, Zoffy is also on the way, something is coming where several Ultra are needed"
"Understood"
The four quickly make arrangements to have others handle their duties in Kobe and then the group simply waits for whatever is coming and come the enemy did. Taro fought hard and just when Hayata prepared to jump in per the plan the entire group got a surprise they weren't expecting
"That's...Mebius...Mirai's alive!"
And indeed Ultraman Mebius was alive and out of the Ultra zone, and also a lot stronger than before. Back when Mebius had fought lesser Bogal and had gotten trapped in the ultra zone Mirai was at first relieved that his friends would be alright, and then saddened that they would learn the truth about him because he would be thought dead instead of finding out because he wanted them to find out. Once the initial battle was over Mirai looked for a way out for four months finally succeeding only a day before and he quickly rushed back to Earth hoping that GUYS was still standing. When he arrived he saw Taro needing his help and as such he quickly joined the battle and Mirai himself was joined by Zoffy
*Mebius, we received a report you were dead*
*Sorry Zoffy, got stuck in the ultra zone for four months and only just escaped, full report later for everyone*
*Let's fight together*
The enemy would ultimately retreat that day which gave Mirai time to explain his story to Crew GUYS and they in turn told him the highlights of the past four months. Eventually the enemy was taken care of and Mebius was once more the sole ultra protecting Earth until after Alien Empera was defeated when he left Earth due to his mission being over