The
following is a chapter by chapter summary of the Guyver comic books.
The first part of it was contributed by Matthew Stephan and was editted
b me. This is from Book 1 to Book 13. After that is the summary
from Book 14 to the first chapter of Book 15. This section has been
translated and written by me. A note: the names of some characters
may differ from the American versions. To relate the names to the
American ones, visit the character profiles page where there is a description
of each character and their pics. Also, note that this file is LONG.
Book 1, Chapter 1
On a back-country road, a
trucker picks up a strange hitchhiker. He tries to steal the man’s
luggage, thinking there’s drugs or something else valuable in it.
He throws the man from his truck, and then a monster attacks. The
next day, in a school not far away, Sho Fukamachi is being dragged to a
school council meeting by his childhood friend and would-be girlfriend,
Mizuki Segawa. Unfortunately for Sho, Mizuki has a crush on the Council
President, an upperclassman named Agito Makishima. A strange van
drives through town. Once in a deserted area near Mt. Narisawa, strangely
uniformed men pile out. They are searching for something called “Units”,
and the test subject who stole them. They find the strange hitchhiker,
who transforms into the monster; but one of the guards also transforms
into an even stronger creature. The first man has a bomb and suicides,
blowing up the case he’d hidden the Units in. Sho Fukamachi and his
best friend, Mizuki’s older brother Tetsuro, are walking home nearby; Sho
is nearly hit by debris from the explosion. Among the bits of rubble
is a strange, oval object with a mirror-bright orb in its center.
Touching it, the object explodes into a living thing that engulfs him.
Sho falls into the nearby swamp. Tetsuro is then threatened by the
men and their transformed comrade. Another monster comes out of the
swamp and drives the men away; this one has Sho’s voice. The outer
layer - a type of armor - floats away from his body and disappears, leaving
the two with a mystery they have no idea how to solve.
Chapter 2
Genzo Makishima is furious.
He is the head of Chronos Japan, the organization that makes the monsters
- the Zoanoids - and which has lost the precious Units to the now-dead
renegade. There were three units; his men have only found one.
He sends more troops out to search. Agent Oscar Risker, sent from
Chronos HQ to monitor Japan Branch’s handling of the Units, is bitingly
sarcastic. At Sho’s house, Mizuki and Tetsuro are visiting the ‘sick’
Sho, who is still recovering from the shock of becoming the host for what
Tetsuro is calling “the slime monster”. As Mizuki leaves the room to cook
some chicken soup, Sho shows Tetsuro a rash that has appeared on his back.
They wonder if it is connected with the strange armor. At Chronos
Japan, Risker opens up the case protecting the damaged Unit the men have
brought back; it engulfs him. Sho and Tetsuro, now at school, are
wondering if the “slime monster” is a bio-weapon of some type. They
are interrupted by the arrival of two men who want to question Tetsuro
about the explosion at Mt. Narisawa. Sho follows, and discovers they
aren’t cops; they are Chronos goons. Sho is captured and one of the
men transforms to menace him in an attempt to convince Tetsuro to tell
them where what they call ‘the Guyver’ or “Unit G” is. Something
in the name touches a cord in Sho; he yells “Guyver!” and the armor arrives.
He tears apart the Zoanoids, the control medal showing him how to use his
megasmasher cannon. Unseen, below them Agito Makishima watches the
resulting destruction with an odd smile on his lips.
Chapter 3
Risker announces he’s going
after Guyver 1, saying only another Guyver can defeat him. Sho and
Tetsuro are still wondering what’s going on. Mizuki is tongue-tied
as Agito talks to her. He wonders if she might be useful to him.
Risker has several Zoanoids attack Tetsuro; Guyver 1 comes to the rescue
- then Risker, as Guyver 2, arrives. He and Sho battle; and Tetsuro
realizes Sho is at a disadvantage - if the armor gives the same advantage
to both hosts, then the host with the greater martial arts experience will
be stronger. Sho is losing - then the control medal on Risker’s armor
begins to oscillate. Knowing from Risker’s boasting that the control
medal regulates the armor, Sho risks hitting the medal. It shatters.
Guyver 2’s armor goes wild and starts to literally eat Risker; Sho uses
his megasmasher to destroy the dying Chronos agent.
Chapter 4
Mizuki tells Sho she can’t
walk home with him; she has student council work to do with Agito.
Upset, Sho finds Tetsuro and bitches. Genzo Makishima has acquired
a huge headache in the person of Commander Guyot, one of the leaders of
the Chronos Corporation. He is displeased with Genzo’s failures and
relieves him of his command. He then sends one of his Hyper Zoanoids
after the Guyver. Walking home, Tetsuro tells Sho that Agito Makishima
is the adopted son and heir of Genzo Makishima. Agito’s real father
was bankrupted; when Genzo bailed him out the price was Agito. They
are then attacked by Chronos guards; then the Hyper Zoanoid Zarabubuth
arrives. Guvyer 1 is soon winning. The Zoanoid grabs Mizuki,
who is passing nearby, to use as a hostage. Then he’s attacked from
behind - Guyver 3 has shown up, and kills the Zoanoid before disappearing,
refusing to answer Sho’s questions as to who he is. *All three
Units have now been released,* Guyot thinks, considerably upset.
Chapter 5
Guyot is developing a new
Hyper Zoanoid, one designed specifically to deal with the menace of
the Guyvers. He asks Agito Makishima, who stands behind him, if he
approves. Agito assents. Guyot wonders at the fact Agito shows
no emotion; for it is Genzo Makishima being turned into Enzyme, the new
Zoanoid; releasing the prototype too early will result in its death.
Agito tells him that Genzo adopted him to have an advisor, a subordinate
he didn’t have to pay; he did not teach Agito to feel sentimental toward
him. Guyot approves of that attitude. Sho receives a note from
Chronos telling him to meet them; he knows it’s a trap but goes anyway,
accompanied by Tetsuro. He is met by Genzo Makishima, who turns into
Enzyme. The battle is long and bloody; at the end Enzyme tears the
control medal out of the Guyver’s head. Even as the Guyver eats him,
Sho attacks Enzyme one last time, and the Zoanoid dies with him.
Chronos has captured both control medal and Tetsuro, and take both back
to HQ. In the shadows, Guyver 3 thinks to himself that now everything
is ready....
Chapter 6
Guyot tells Tetsuro something
of Chronos’ plans for world domination before he has him locked up.
Tetsuro may be able to tell them something about the control medal and
the Unit, after all. Mizuki is calling around trying to find Sho
and her brother, but no one knows where they are. In the lab where
the control medal is kept, the scientists notice it is starting to grow
organic material around itself. Before they can report, Guyver 3
kills them. Alarmed by the lack of reports, guards finally arrive,
only to discover Guyver 1 has regenerated. Guyot gets reports of
a Guyver in the Zoanoid Development Block, destroying Enzyme prototypes.
Figuring he’s brought Guyver 3 into the open. Guyot dispatches guards -
only to then get reports of a second Guyver in the Scientific Wing.
Guvyer 1 sees Tetsuro and releases him; all three then show up in Guyot’s
control room. Guyver 3 sardonically tells Guyot more of the Commander’s
own plans. Guyot demands to know who he is; only a member of Chronos’
elite would have access to that information. Guyver 3 tells him to
call him Zeus. Then the building blows up, and Guvyer 1 grabs Tetsuro
and flies out of the way just in time as the structure collapses.
Book 2, Chapter 7
In the forest where Guyver
met Enzyme, Sho’s arm - chewed off during the battle - begins to grow and
regenerate. Agito Makishima is looking at a report on the destruction
of “Max Pharmaceuticals”, the cover name for Chronos’ Japan Branch. He
gloats that all seems to be going as he planned. At school, Sho is
taking notes of test schedules, thinking that he’s now actually a clone
of the original Sho Fukamachi, when Tetsuro drags him away - Mizuki is
on the warpath! They both turn tail and run rather than face Tetsuro’s
fuming sister. A strange being who looks like a naked Sho appears, then
morphs into a Zoanoid-like monster. Guyver 1 arrives and drives it
off; Sho is shocked when Tetsuro tells him it first looked like Sho.
Remembering his lost arm, Sho wonders if it could have somehow regenerate.
Eavesdropping, Agito is worried about the possibility that there’s more
to bio-booster material than he thought. He’s got to stop the creature
before it can endanger his own plans. The monster, now dressed and
looking like Sho again, runs across Mizuki; it morphs when she starts yelling
at it. Guyver 1 chases his doppleganger away, and it is stopped by
the appearance of Guyver 3. It grabs Sho and tries to absorb him.
Guyver 3 prepares to blow both away to prevent the Zoanoid from gaining
control of the Unit, but instead it is the Guyver that re-absorbs the monster.
Guyver 3 leaves, assured that his ally/pawn is safe for the moment; and
Sho is left to wonder how he can ever free himself from the bio-booster
armor without dying in the process.
Chapter 8
Mizuki is still puzzling
over what Sho and Tetsuro have to do with the various monsters that have
been chasing her. Sho and Tetsuro are attacked by a Zoanoid after
school, Sho defeats it - and Mizuki sees him transform from Guyver back
into human.
Chapter 9
Agito discovers to his horror
that Guyot wasn’t killed in the explosions at HQ. Guyot tells him
he’s brought in some special reinforcements from the other main Chronos
Base in Japan, Relics’ Point at Mount Minakami. They are the Lost
Numbers, Zoanoids who experienced various failures while being developed
that prevent Chronos from duplicating them. Agito realizes he doesn’t
have any information on their abilities, so it will be much more difficult
to fight them than the Zoanoids he has battled before. Tetsuro is
explaining to Mizuki what has been going on; she takes things remarkably
calmly. Guyot sends one of the Lost Numbers after Tetsuro and Mizuki;
Sho arrives in the nick of time and defeats it. Agito reveals to
the audience that he is Guyver 3, and tries to take on Guyot - only to
discover that Guyot is just as strong as he is, even with the Guyver armor
on! Agito is forced to escape with the arrival of Zoanoid reinforcements,
and Guyot wonders how Guyver 3 knew where he was - and begins to suspect
there is a traitor among Chronos.
Chapter 10
Chronos men try to capture
Sho’s father, but are driven off by Guyvers 1 & 3. They don’t
notice they’re being watched by a young man who’s wearing sunglasses even
in the dead of night. Sho goes home and has a brief discussion about
school with his dad. Finals are almost over, and in a few days school
will be over for the year. At school later - on the last day of school
to be exact - several of Guyot’s agents arrive to ‘escort’ Agito to see
Guyot at Relics’ Point. Sho suspects they are Zoanoids and goes after
them, thinking that Chronos is now going after his acquaintances as well
as his friends. Two of the Zoanoids remain behind to fight him; one
is Aptom, who can assume any shape (he becomes a major continuing character,
too). In this case, he duplicates the Guyver....
Chapter 11
Sho fights the Zoanoids.
He calls to Guyver 3 for help, but Agito is still in the car with the other
Zoanoids and can’t respond. The young man with the sunglasses shows
up and nearly fatally distracts Sho. Tetsuro, Mizuki and Sho’s dad
Fumio are captured by Chronos. The strange young man displays a talent
for being able to telepathically command Zoanoids. Sho defeats the
two Lost Numbers, killing one of them while Aptom is forced to retreat.
Sho’s new acquaintance tells him he knows Guyver 1 is Sho Fukamachi.
He introduces himself as Masaki Murakami, a free lance writer who has been
after Chronos for a while. He tells Sho that Agito’s adopted father,
Genzo Makishima, was director of Chronos Japan Branch, and that Agito is
part of Chronos.
Chapter 12
Sho is lured into a trap
by Chronos using Mizuki as bait. They are handcuffed together.
Masaki arrives in time to try and save them, and ‘Mizuki’ is revealed to
be another shape-shifting Zoanoid. The Chronos forces are defeated.
Masaki knows where a secret Chronos base - under legend-laden Mount Minakami
- is located, and they head in that direction in the hopes of rescuing
Tetsuro, Mizuki, and Sho’s dad.
Book 3, Chapter 13
Mizuki, Fumio Fukamachi
and Tetsuro are brought before Guyot. Tetsuro is shocked to find
the Commander still alive. Then Guyot has Agito come out, and they
realize he’s a member of Chronos. They are locked up. Agito
sends the guards away as Tetsuro calls him names. Agito tells them
he’s planning on destroying Chronos, and calls the Guyver 3 armor.
He frees the three, and they try to escape. Guyot and Dr. Hamilcar
Barcas, another Chronos Overlord and member of the Council of Twelve, are
watching. Guyot’s plan has worked; Agito has revealed to them that
he’s their enemy - “Zeus”, or Guyver 3. Dr. Barcas designed
the Hyper Zoanoids and is one of Chronos’ top genetic engineers.
Guyot is suspicious about the real reasons Barcas has shown up at Relics;’
Point at this particular point in time.
Chapter 14
Sho and Masaki arrive in
the area of the Chronos base. Sho realizes that Guyver 3 is somewhere
near. Agito is answering Tetsuro’s questions as they try to find
a safe way out of the base. Then the Hyper Zoanoid Team Five show
up, and Guyver 3 quickly discovers he’s outclassed. Gaster destroys
one of the Guyver’s megasmasher cannons, and Agito is badly wounded as
well. Guyot and Barcas use the intercom system of the base to tell
Guyver 3 they are aware he’s actually Agito Makishima. Barcas tells the
Hyper Zoanoids to kill the traitor and take his control medal. They’ll
find some way to prevent it from regenerating Agito...Guyver 1 arrives
on scene!
Chapter 15
Guyver 3 warns Guyver 1 of
the danger the Hyper Zoanoids present, then coughs up blood. “Makishima-san!”
Mizuki screams, and Guyver 1 looks at Guyver 3 in surprise - “Agito Makishima
is Guyver 3??!!” He’s so startled he almost doesn’t react in time
to stop an attack by Thancrus, the Hyper Zoanoid with the sonic swords.
As Sho fights, Agito grabs Tetsuro and Mizuki and uses the graviton generator
orb at his waist to carry himself and them up out the hole Sho blasted
in the roof, telepathically telling Sho to get his father and do the same.
They emerge on the surface. Elegen, who can fly, is on their heels.
He shocks Sho’s control medal with one of his tentacles (like an electric
eel, Elegen can generate electricity and uses his tentacles to deliver
the ‘punch’). The Guyver armor deserts Sho, who collapses unconscious
as Zx-Tole (another Hyper Zoanoid) grabs Fumio and drags the older Fukamachi
back into the base. Guyver 3 uses his remaining megasmasher to drive
off the Hyper Zoanoids. They pile into Masaki’s car and take off
before more Zoanoids can arrive and capture them. Barcas tells Guyot
that so long as they have Sho’s father, the Guyvers will be back - and
Barcas has plans for Fumio Fukamachi!
Chapter 16
After his Guyver has had
enough time to repair the damage done to itself and its host by Gaster,
Agito gets out of the car to send away his armor. He tells his comrades
he knows of a place they can hide. Barcas is examining records of
Zoanoids, trying to figure out which would be the best ones to send against
the Guyvers. In hiding, Sho is having hallucinations about his father’s
capture, and wakes up to find a strange girl tending to his wounds.
Chapter 17
She introduces herself as
Shizu. Her father Yohei Onuma has been caretaker for a villa owned
by the Makishima family. Outside, Agito tells Onuma that his revenge
won’t be complete until Chronos is destroyed, and says something about
ruling the world himself. Barcas shows Guyot the newest Hyper Zoanoid
- based on Enzyme, it’s called ‘Enzyme 2’. It’s even bigger and nastier
than the original Enzyme, and has six insect-like clawed legs emerging
from its back as well as the more normal two arms and two legs. Each
claw delivers Guyver-dissolving liquid to its target. Recovered,
Sho races off to return to the base to find his dad, and is joined by Guyver
3, whose own injuries have also healed - and who is afraid that if Guyver
1 goes alone, will be killed - thus depriving Agito of his most useful
ally.
Chapter 18
Tetsuro gets up to discover
Sho gone; Shizu reports Agito is missing, too. They discover the
note Agito has left behind telling them the two Guyvers have gone to rescue
Fumio. Guyot and Barcas are waiting for the Guyvers, and make sure
they get in with very little fuss. As they free Sho’s dad, Agito
worries that it’s been too easy so far. They fight their way out.
On the surface, Agito realizes there are Hyper Zoanoids around, and sends
Sho off with his dad while Guyver 3 fights. He faces three of the
five Hyper Zoanoids - Zx-Tole, Thancrus, and Elegen. At Agito’s villa,
Gaster and Derzerb arrive to take hostages. Masaki senses their approach
and tries to get the others out of the way. Tetsuro wonders how the other
knew the Zoanoids were in the area. As Sho runs with his dad on his
back, insect-like claws like those we saw earlier on the Enzyme 2 prototype
suddenly burst out of Fumio Fukamachi’s back...
Chapter 19
Fumio screams and falls down
as the claws emerge. The older man looks at them in bewilderment.
Then Barcas’ telepathic order takes hold, and Mr. Fukamachi transforms
into Enzyme 2, completely under the control of the Chronos scientist.
At the villa, the two Hyper Zoanoids attack. Near Relics’ Point,
Guyver 3 badly damages Thancrus. He finds the megasmasher has
little effect on Zx-Tole, whose own armor absorbs much of the blast.
Guyot and Barcas watch as Enzyme 2 makes mince meat out of Guyver 1, who
can’t bring himself to fight and hurt the Zoanoid that was his father.
Enzyme 2 nearly tears Guyver 1’s head off, ripping off the ‘crest’ and
part of the head of the unit instead - including a good portion of Sho’s
brain. Guyver 1 falls to the ground.
Chapter 20
Even in the heat of battle,
Guyver 3 feels Guyver 1’s ‘death’. The distraction almost leads him to
letting himself get fried by Zx-Tole’s laser beams. Agito counterattacks
and kills Thancrus. Guyot and Barcas turn their attention away from
Sho and Enzyme 2 for a minute to consider the other Hyper Zoanoids, and
discover that Masaki is counter-manding their orders to the Zoanoids. Barcas
telepathically intervenes, shaking the two Hyper Zoanoids lose of Murakami’s
control. Derzerb goes hand-to-hand with Masaki, and discovers to
the amazement of all that the young man has just as much strength as the
Hyper Zoanoid. Further, Masaki’s forehead starts to glow...and he
turns into something the Chronos elite recognizes as a “Zoalord”, a being
genetically altered to be the ultimate in Zoanoid design. More human
in appearance than Zoanoids, the Zoalord is not only strong and equipped
with various weaponry but can telepathically control Zoanoids and Hyper
Zoanoids. The two Hyper Zoanoids are ordered to retreat, and Tetsuro
catches Masaki as he collapses upon returning to human form. Masaki
tells Tetsuro there’s no time for questions - Sho is in very deep trouble;
they’ve got to find him immediately! Elsewhere, Sho - or I should
say, the control medal - has brought the Guyver armor to its feet once
more before Enzyme 2 can tear out the control medal (partly due to Sho’s
dad resisting Barcas’ commands for a few minutes). Guyver 1 uses
its’ megasmasher and destroys Enzyme 2. A badly wounded Guyver 3
shows up as Tetsuro and Masaki watch Enzyme 2’s body disintegrate, and
Guyver 1 collapses again.
Book 4, Chapter 21
An unconscious Sho is brought
back to Makishima’s villa, where Mizuki goes nuts upon finding him still
out like a burnt-out light. They decide not to stick around now that
it’s obvious Chronos knows about Agito’s hideout. They evacuate in
two cars, Masaki driving one and Shizu driving her father’s truck.
Derzerb and Gaster report in to Barcas. Tetsuro tells Mizuki about
what happened to Sho, but leaves out the fact the Zoanoid he fought was
actually his father. They stop, and find three Chronos agents - who
look like identical triplets - facing them. Tattooed on their foreheads
are: EII-02 through EII-04.
Chapter 22
The Chronos agents transform
into three Enzyme II Zoanoids. Masaki tries to control them but is
unsuccessful; Barcas is a far stronger telepath and now that he knows Murakami
has mind-control powers is insuring they obey only him. Masaki leaps
back quickly enough that he’s only slightly scratched by the Enzyme II
he was trying to control. Agito becomes Guyver 3 and tries to attack
them. He shortly discovers he’s considerably outclassed. One
of the Zoanoids lifts up the car Sho is in (still unconscious), and throws
it to the ground.
Chapter 23
The car explodes, but Guyver
1 emerges from the flames unharmed. One of the Enzymes runs at him,
and the Guyver armor deserts Sho, much to his startlement. Masaki
blocks the blow, almost losing an arm in the process. Another Enzyme
attacks Sho, and Guyver 3 knocks him out of the way, getting badly raked
by the Zoanoid’s claws in the process. Sho tries calling the
armor again, but it refuses to come to him. Masaki turns into his
Zoalord form once more. He easily cuts one of the Enzyme II Zoanoids
in half.
Chapter 24
Barcas grimly concludes that
Masaki is a Zoalord; a “prototype body” for Guyot’s battleform.
“But - you’re the one who processed me into my Zoalord form!” Guyot objects.
Masaki kills the other two Enzymes, and then collapses, turning back into
human form as he does so. (It takes a lot of energy to power the
Zoalord bio-weapons, and as a prototype Masaki doesn’t have anywhere near
as much power as a full Zoalord does.) They all squeeze into the
single remaining car and head off again. Masaki wakes up and begins
to tell them a little about how he was turned into a prototype body for
Zoalord Richard Guyot.
Chapter 25
Evidently Masaki was covering
the efforts of an archeological team in New Zealand. The news team
he was with heard rumors of strange monsters in the jungles and went to
investigate - only to find out the hard way they’d stumbled over a Chronos
operation. They were wiped out by Chronos. Masaki was the only
survivor; he was taken to one of Chronos’ bases and became an unwilling
experimental subject. Barcas is reminding Guyot that while he was
being transformed into his Zoalord form, one of the scientists working
for Chronos, a Dr. Shinichiro Yamamura, recruited four of the prototypes
to join him in a rebellion against the Corporation. It took the efforts
of the other 11 members of the Chronos Council of 12 to defeat them. Murakami
must be a survivor. “I wonder why they wanted to destroy you, Guyot...”
Barcas remarks, his suspicion evident. Guyot wonders if Yamamura
had guessed his plans for the Unit Gs Chronos had found.
Chapter 26
Our heroes have taken to
camping out in the woods to avoid Chronos goons. As they eat, Masaki
tells them more about what he’s been able to learn about the Creators since
he was taken captive and turned into a human guinea pig. “The Creators
made human kind into a war-like species, to insure we’d become the best
combatants they could engineer,” Agito adds. Unknown to them, Aptom
is in the trees overhead and listening in. Masaki tells them that
a Zoanoid wearing Guyver armor is not only more powerful than any of the
Creators, but also is freed from the telepathic control of Zoalords or
Creators. And a Zoalord given a Guyver Unit becomes incredibly powerful
- Yamamura had wondered if perhaps the Creators had abandoned Earth when
they realized just how supernaturally powerful their still-primitive creations
could be. Of all the Chronos Overlords, only Guyot knew of this potential.
He had planned to bond with one of the Units and use the incredible powers
that would then become available to him to destroy the other eleven Chronos
Overlords, making himself the sole commander of all Chronos forces - and
thus, eventually ruler of the whole planet.
Chapter 27
Back at the base, Guyot is
screaming at one of his pet scientists about a project the man is working
on - a project he doesn’t want Barcas to find out about. Guyot thinks
Barcas has come to Japan to keep an eye on him. He knows that if
Yamamura had guessed Guyot’s plans, the prototype body must know them as
well. He doesn’t dare let any of the other Overlords discover his
plans, especially as he may soon have the key to separate the Unit G from
a host...which means he will have to deal with Masaki personally.
As our friends talk, it all becomes too much for Mizuki; she runs off to
be ‘by myself for a little while’. Actually, she’s upset by how Shizu
has been hanging on Agito, and the fact he seems to accept it - while ignoring
Mizuki for the most part. All this talk of humans being designed
to be living weapons doesn’t sit well, either; she wishes she could just
return home and normalcy... Masaki tells them about the discovery of the
G Units. He hopes the fact the Units have bonded means Guyot will
not be able to become host to one himself, but he isn’t sure. Sho
gets worried about Mizuki and goes after her. Masaki suddenly starts
up; he senses another telepath in the area...It is Guyot, in battle dress,
come to take his enemies on himself. As they watch, he transforms
into his full Zoalord battleform, which is much larger - and more bestial
- than Masaki’s.
Chapter 28
Aptom is keeping Barcas abreast
of events as Agito calls the Guyver armor to himself. Unfortunately,
the guards accompanying Guyot transform into several Enzyme 2 Zoanoids.
Masaki’s forehead begins to glow as he feels the pressure. Sho has
found Mizuki, and tries to find out what’s wrong. “I want to go back
home, return to my life as a normal teenager!” she replies bitterly, and
breaks into tears. Sho takes her into his arms. Back at the
picnic site, Agito is having problems trying to keep from getting skewered
by the Enzyme 2 Zoanoids. Masaki has transformed into his own Zoalord
form, but finds his power levels are nothing compared to Guyot’s.
Guyot blows off one of Masaki’s arms as Agito is nearly wiped out by a
clawed swipe; the two battered warriors struggle back to their feet.
The Enzymes disintegrate; Guyot has taken them out of their processing
vats too early. Masaki and Agito combine their most powerful attacks,
but Guyot survives it. He launches his own attack - and in the forest,
Sho and Mizuki see the top of the hill their friends were on explode, flattening
everything in the neighborhood.
Book 5, Chapter 29
Sho and Mizuki climb to the
top of the hill, afraid of what they’re going to find. All they see
is a big hole in the ground, and a strange man in the center of it--who
collapses just as Sho realizes it’s Guyot. Then the sound of helicopters
break the silence, and Sho pulls Mizuki away. “It’s Chronos!” he
tells her as they run back into the forest. The ‘choppers bring in
many more Zoanoid troops even as the injured, exhausted Guyot is medevacted
out. The four remaining members of the Hyper Zoanoid Team Five -
lead by Zx-Tole - are in charge of the search to make sure no members of
Sho’s party are still in the area. Above them, Aptom has abandoned
his post. Barcas tries to contact the shape-shifter but discovers
that - perhaps due in part to the alterations the Zoalord has recently
made to the Lost Number - he can no longer telepathically monitor or control
Aptom. Sho and Mizuki are located fairly quickly, and are on the run again
as Sho discovers he still can’t call his Guyver armor to himself.
They are rescued by a megasmasher blast, apparently from Guyver 3.
Sho and Mizuki take cover as the Guyver faces the Zoanoids - but a closer
look reveals the Guyver’s form to be rough, incomplete...
Chapter 30
Dr. Barcas is supervising
Guyot’s treatment as the Commander wakes up. Guyot says something
about even if he didn’t get a chance to wipe out Guyver 1, at least he’s
finally eliminated Guyver 3. Barcas tells him that Zoanoids have
reported fighting Guyver 3 after Guyot’s attack, and Guyot is shocked.
“What does it take to kill that damned traitor?” he shouts.
Sho and Mizuki have taken refuge in a hidden cave, and watch the Chronos
guards thrashing around in the greenery outside. Sho wants Mizuki
to tell him if the organisms on his back that he uses to communicate with
his Guyver are still there. When he takes off his shirt to
show her the telepathic organisms on his back, Mizuki gets all embarrassed
and makes him put his shirt back on. Sho wonders why he can’t call
the Guyver armor. Mizuki reminds him that he and Makishima had gone
to Relics’ Point to try and rescue his father; what happened? “My
father - what happened to my father?” he asks, and throws up as he gets
a nightmarish vision. “Yes, what happened? Shall I tell you
what happened to your father?” inquires another voice; it’s the fake Guyver
3 - this time Sho knows the truth. “You’re not Guyver 3, who are
you?” Sho demands. The Zoanoid transforms back into (naked) human
form. Sho knows he’s seen him from somewhere before... “I’m
Aptom. You killed my fellow Lost Numbers,” Aptom says. “If
you don’t figure out how to get your Unit back, however, my revenge won’t
be complete. Shall I give you some incentive?”
Chapter 31
Aptom forces Sho to remember
and re-live the death of his father. He then grabs Mizuki.
“You’ll have to become Guyver to save your girlfriend!” the Zoanoid sneers.
He wants a worthy foe to fight, and Sho minus the Guyver isn’t it.
Sho tries to fight hand-to-hand but is badly outclassed. Then, still
gripping Mizuki, Aptom turns into Enzyme 2. Sho calls the Guyver,
but no response comes. Then Aptom starts ripping apart Mizuki’s clothes
with his claws. He even skewers Sho with one of the claws, and strips
the girl naked. Finally, Sho snaps, and the Guyver comes to him.
He grabs Mizuki and carries her to safety, then turns to fight Aptom.
Chapter 32
The battle rages, with Aptom
transforming into several types of Zoanoid and even combinations of different
types. It seems Dr. Barcas has re-processed the Lost Number and greatly
improved his abilities. They destroy a hell of a lot of other Zoanoids
and landscape in the process. Zx-Tole gets a report of what’s going
on - he’s shocked to hear that Guyver 1 is back up in battle form, and
then his informant is wiped out in the next surge of battle. Sho
wipes out Aptom and half the countryside with a monstrously strong megasmasher
blow, and the Hyper Zoanoids race to investigate - and discover only a
mile-long furrow cut into the ground from the cannon blast. A furry
arm is left behind...and after everyone is gone, Aptom begins to regenerate
from that small bit of his remaining body. “You haven’t seen the
last of Aptom,” he says as he rises from the muck.
Chapter 33
Sho finally arrives back
at the cave, much to Mizuki’s relief. In her shocked state of mind,
embarrassment over nakedness is forgotten as she hugs Sho close.
The Hyper Zoanoids are still investigating, but are called back to base
by Dr. Barcas. They are interrupted by the arrival of Aptom - only
head, torso, and one arm have regenerated, and he drops out of the trees
on top of Elegen. He immediately begins absorbing Elegen’s body and
bio-energy, killing the Hyper Zoanoid in the process. Barcas screams
at him, but Aptom will no longer be controlled. He resists the attacks
of the other Hyper Zoanoids and escapes easily.
Chapter 34
Sho and Mizuki are running
for their lives through a small town, Takashima. Townsmen turn into
Zoanoids, obviously not aware that they’ve been earlier processed into
the monsters - Barcas controls them easily with his telepathic powers.
Sho doesn’t want to hurt innocent people, and they are nearly captured.
Then the Zoanoids are falling - Guyver 3 has arrived, and has no compunction
about killing Zoanoids, even if in human form they were unaware of their
ability to transform. Sho verifies - it is Agito Makishima, and not
Aptom again... The older Guyver tells them everyone is safe, and he’s come
to bring the two back with him.
Book 6, Chapter 35
In Arizona, a meeting of
the Chronos Council of Twelve is forming. They and their staffs are
being briefed on Guyvers 1, 2, and 3, as well as Zoalord prototype Masaki
Murakami. (Much of this chapter is a ‘This is what’s been going on
in the story before now’ chapter, disguised as a briefing for the Chronos
Council of Twelve from Dr. Barcas.) In the hidden base under Mount
Minakami back in Japan, Sho and Agito - both disguised as Chronos guards
- smuggle themselves and Mizuki into a small lab in the lower levels of
the base. They are greeted by the man in charge of the section, Dr.
Shiyu Odagiri. He was the assistant to Dr. Yamamura, who worked on
Guyot’s Zoalord mutation. While they pretend to bow their heads to
Chronos, in truth he and his men are renegades who have been searching
for ways to destroy the corporation. “Murakami - how is he?”
Sho asks. “Makishima said he was badly injured...” Odagiri
shows them the vat Masaki is in; still in Zoalord form. His arm is
slowly being regenerated and his other injuries healed. “But we haven’t
been able to get him to wake up yet...”
Chapter 36
Sho is shocked. “My
God, he looks terrible! What happened?” he yelps, and Tetsuro describes
for him the battle with Guyot, and how Masaki and Agito together blasted
a hole in the ground beneath them that took them out of the way of Guyot’s
blast at the last minute. Odagiri found them, and brought them back
to the laboratory. One of the other scientists warns them that Guyot
has appeared and is walking around the remains of the Creator spacecraft
they have been looking into. Guyot jerks as something touches him
mentally; his forehead begins to light. Behind Sho and the others,
the forehead gem Zoalord Masaki wears glows in response.
Chapter 37
In the forest above, Aptom
is cheerfully ‘consuming’ more Zoanoids; he’s learned he can absorb their
powers and bio-energy at will just by touching them. The fact this
results in the death of the Zoanoids doesn’t bother him. (He’s sometimes
referred to as the Life Eater in the series for this reason.) Barcas
is worriedly searching through his files on Aptom; but Aptom is a Lost
Number - the files on his initial processing are useless. He is distracted
by the commotion Guyot is causing; the ‘dead’ spaceship is also responding
to the mental energy of the Zoalords. Then the gem on Masaki’s forehead
dims, and so does Guyot’s. In the lab, they rush to Masaki’s vat
as he slowly returns to human form.
Chapter 38
Aptom, well-fed and content,
is sitting in the branches of a tree and contemplating Guyot’s transformation
into battleform. Sho, Mizuki and the others are taking a long-needed
rest as Masaki lies in a hospital bed. Outside, Aptom watches a bolt
of light heading groundward. Chronos guards see it to, and go to
their knees as it resolves itself into the form of a young, blond man who
they immediately know is a Zoalord. Not wishing his arrival to be
known, he blows off their heads - and then cuts Aptom into small
bits as well before heading for Guyot’s base.
Chapter 39
In Arizona, several more
members of the Council of Twelve arrive to take their seats at their conference
table. “We’re not pleased with the performance of Commander Guyot
in the matter of Japan Branch and the Guyver Units,” one tells them.
“His actions have become suspicious. Archanfel has gone to Japan
to take care of matters.” In the underground base, Masaki has
finally woken up and is greeted joyfully by his friends. Barcas still worries
about Aptom, but becomes aware that someone else of power is approaching.
Another scientist is talking to Guyot; Dr. Shirai has discovered something
he calls a “Unit Remover”. When used by a Zoalord and fueled with
his power, the device can cause the Guyver Unit to leave its host.
This device is something left behind by the Creators.
Chapter 40
Guyot is understandably
excited by this new weapon to be added to his arsenal; he’s become obsessed
with destroying Agito Makishima/Guyver 3. Odagiri is telling our
heroes more about the spaceship - it seems that the Guyver Units were originally
found inside it by a Zoanoid, who died in the process of bringing the devices
to the outside. Odagiri tells them that his team have discovered indications
that the Creators were working on a new weapon, one that would be powerful
enough to stop a Zoalord with ease - and perhaps even powerful enough to
stop a Zoalord in the Guyver unit. Guyot is chortling over the acquisition
of the Unit Remover when Archanfel arrives. He appears to be a young
blond man, but closer examination shows that he not only has pointed ears
(a trait he has in common with quite a few of the Chronos Elite) but also
golden, cat-slitted eyes. The two confront each other, and it’s obvious
they are foes of long standing - and Archanfel is looking forward to cutting
Guyot down to size. (There are overtones here that this is a power
struggle that has just broken into the open, with Archanfel maneuvering
to defeat Guyot, who has been slowly increasing his influence and power
within Chronos.) Sho and Agito stand outside the spaceship, the scientists
with them as their armor is called up. They are going inside the
craft and find out what they can - the scientists believe that the key
to the Creator’s experimental weapon is in there somewhere...
Book 7, Chapter 41
Aptom has regenerated again,
this time splitting himself into three; all now dressed and helmeted as
common Chronos guards. Determined to find out what is going on and
take revenge on Archanfel, they are going into the base for information
- and to absorb more ‘food’. Dr. Barcas has located the center of
the disturbance - and recognizes Archanfel as the foe who is facing down
Guyot. Below, the Guyvers have been equipped with mini-cams and communications
equipment prior to entering the Creator spaceship. Slowly they enter
its ‘mouth’ - and I do mean mouth, as the inside of the spaceship appears
more organic than technological. It easily opens for them; it is
as if the ship recognizes the Guyver Units as belonging there (the Zoanoid
who was sent in earlier had a much harder time getting in, and was dissolving
as it stumbled back outside with the Units). After the entrance closes
and they proceed inside, liquids of some kind gush in; but the Units are
untouched by the solvent. Then an inner door opens, and they proceed
further inside the spaceship.
Chapter 42
Elsewhere, Guyot faces Archanfel
and transforms into his Zoalord battleform, racing to find clear ground
to fight in. Both carelessly kill numerous guards who accidentally
get in their way. Barcas is horrified by the waste of good manpower.
Sho and Agito are still exploring the ship. Finally they enter a
chamber, in the center of which is a mound - and the three dents on its
sides exactly match the size and shape of the Guyver Units before they
were activated! A hole opens under the Guyvers’ feet, and they descend
into a lower, innermost chamber. The diamond and circular shapes
on its ceiling begin to glow, and they see a control dais in the center
- surmounted by what looks like a huge version of their control medals.
Their presence has activated what seems to be a control center, and the
ship begins to vibrate and pull loose of its moorings. Several other
Chronos scientists run out of their labs to find out what’s going on.
Chapter 43
The control medal in the
middle of the dais begins to glow, and the ones on the two Guyvers’ foreheads
pulse in return. A bright light appears in the air over them, and
they are lifted toward it. Sho is pulled into its center, and his
control medal slowly separates into individual pieces, but all the parts
remain connected. Agito is dropped back to the floor; the ship seemingly
content with just one Guyver. “He isn’t being hurt,” Agito reports
as he watches with fascination. Then he gets telepathic images from
Sho, and Guyver 3 realizes the ship has begun to communicate mentally with
Guyver 1. Sho is shown how the Creators genetically evolved life
on the planet Earth, including the capability of humans to be turned into
Zoanoids. The Guyvers could be used to counter the Zoanoids should
they get out of hand - but there is also a device that can destroy the
Guyvers, known as the “Unit Remover”. When used, the Remover will
separate the Unit from its host, inactivating the Unit. They are
currently at the center of the ship; and the control medal can be used
to give it orders. The ship continues to shift under Sho’s growing
excitement and stress.
Chapter 44
Guyot and Archanfel continue
their battle, destroying large sections of Relics’ Point in the process.
Zx-Tole and the other remaining two Hyper Zoanoids watch with horror and
growing anger as their comrades are callously killed left and right.
They debate about going out to see if they can help put things back together.
Gaster is terrified by the thought that Aptom might have used the chaos
to re-enter the base, and is left in the control room by Zx-Tole and Derzerb.
The Hyper Zoanoid is unaware that a strangely familiar face grins evilly
at his back from under a guards’ helmet. His comrades are ambushed
by Aptom in a corridor outside. Zx-Tole tries to blow the renegade
Zoanoid away.
Chapter 45
At first he appears to have
been successful. Then Gaster appears through a door. Derzerb
greets him, but as they touch Gaster’s hand starts to absorb Derzerb’s.
It is actually Aptom! Zx-Tole blows the two apart but it is too late;
Derzerb transforms into a new Aptom shape: a combination of Elegen, Gaster,
and Derzerb. The battle starts over. For a few minutes it appears
Zx-Tole has won, but then a hand reaches through the floor and grabs one
of the Team Five’s leader’s legs, tearing it off. Aptom absorbs power
and energy even from that small a segment, absorbing enough DNA to use
Zx-Tole’s shape and abilities, too. Zx-Tole is forced to retreat,
injured. Aptom descends to his wounded clone and the two recombine
into one. He changes into something that is a cross between Zx-Tole
and Elegen...and thinks that next time Archanfel won’t defeat him quite
so easily!
Chapter 46
Sho is still talking
with the ship, and reporting his findings back to the scientists.
One of Odagiri’s men, monitoring what’s going on elsewhere, reports that
large sections of the base have been destroyed and the entire Chronos guard
contingent is on alert. “There are now two separate battles going
on inside!” he tells them. Barcas watches unhappily as Guyot launches
a very strong, “Black Hole Vortex” attack against Archanfel...
Book 8, Chapter 47
Huge lightning bolts strike
outside the underground base, and guards above ground race to see what’s
happened. The light resolves itself into the forms of the other members
of the Chronos Council of Twelve, and the guards kneel before them.
They watch the battle with interest and some trepidation; it appears most
of them favor Archanfel - and at the moment it appears Guyot has the upper
hand with his Black Hole Vortex. Archanfel is drawn into it despite
his best efforts to break free as Barcas is also nearly drawn into the
Vortex.
Chapter 48
The labs are all being evacuated
as the base starts to fall apart around their ears. Masaki and the
others race out to the ship. Sho warns them to get on board quickly;
the area is seismically active and the battle between Guyot and Archanfel
has started an earthquake - “The volcano is starting to become active!”
he tells them. They are nearly knocked off their feet by the next
trembler. Above, the Council watches what’s going on, but still does
not interfere. The Vortex is closed, Archanfel having been sucked
inside. Exhausted, Guyot drops like a rock to the floor far below,
as Barcas surveys the damage to the base with considerable dismay.
Below, Guyver 3 exits the ship to greet the others, and lead them inside.
Something huge drops to the floor nearby, and Masaki’s Zoalord senses go
hysterical.
Chapter 49
It is - you guessed it -
Zoalord Guyot. He rises to his feet, and is overjoyed when he sees
who’s watching him. With a telepathic command, he summons the Unit
Remover to him. “I’ve got you this time, Guyver 3!” he crows.
Agito leaps at him, and Guyot fires the Unit Remover. Agito lands,
hard, and his Guyver armor starts to sag around him, leaving his real skin
and clothes visible underneath. With a supreme effort of will, Agito
forces the armor to reassemble, but he falls to his knees from the effort.
Masaki plants himself in front of Agito.
Chapter 50
Sho, still inside the spaceship,
knows what’s going on and is getting more and more upset. Outside,
Guyot laughs at Masaki’s effort to protect Guyver 3. “I have to kill
you, too, anyway; you’re just making it easier!” Guyot tells him, and begins
to summon power. Masaki’s Zoalord forehead crystal begins to glow
in return due to the power flux, and Masaki is alarmed by its uneven ‘feel’.
Guyot tells him that Murakami is just a prototype. He, the
finished model, can control the prototype’s power field. Then Guyot
shoots bio-lasers at Masaki - but Odagiri pushes the young man out of the
way, taking the fatal blasts himself, falling into Agito’s arms.
Masaki struggles to his feet and transforms into his Zoalord form.
He knocks Guyot down in a surprise attack, as the Commander was still concentrating
on Agito. During the respite, the others all crowd into the spaceship
as it begins to rise, taking the fatally wounded Odagiri with them.
He’ll get to see the inside of the spaceship before he dies. Guyot
struggles to his feet, but Masaki sees him and sends another power blast
the Commander’s way.
Chapter 51
Guyot loses one horn
and gets a nasty cut through the shoulder from the attack. He falls
off the spaceship’s skin, and Masaki collapses to his knees. Despite
the efforts of his colleagues, Odagiri dies from his injuries. The
base collapses completely as the ship continues to slowly force its way
upward. The Council watches in horror, Dr. Barcas joining their number.
Masaki struggles to his feet, trying to reach the ship’s door. A
clawed hand reaches out and grabs him - it is Guyot, who hauls the exhausted
Zoalord prototype up by one foot and holds him upside down. Masaki
is too tired to effectively fight back. Guyot throws him to the ship’s
skin, holds him down with one foot and tears one of Masaki’s arms off.
Sho screams with shared agony, and the ship leaps skyward. The Council
gapes as the ancient ship rises skyward. Guyver 1 joins the fray,
as Barcas screams to the Council that they can’t afford to lose a resource
as valuable as the ship to their enemies. “Best destroy it first!”
he tells them. Guyver 1 faces Guyot, who holds a bleeding Zoalord
Masaki upside down by one foot once more.
Chapter 52
Guyot shatters Masaki’s
Zoalord forehead gem and throws him at Sho. Guyver 1 catches the
fatally wounded Masaki as Guyot laughs and points the Unit Remover at him.
Guyver 3 pops up behind him, and Guyot swings around - still more obsessed
with destroying Agito than Sho. Masaki dies in Sho’s arms.
Bolts of energy slash around them as the Council of Twelve attacks.
One of Guyver 3’s arms is blown off. A bright light appears near
them, and a strange form appears. It is Archanfel, in his battle
form. The Council is overjoyed to see him, and his first move is
to tear the Zoacrystal from the Commander’s head. Agito kills
Guyot with a megasmasher blast, destroying the Unit Remover at the same
time. The two Guyvers combine power attacks against Archanfel, and
but Archanfel is too power as he easily reflects the megasmasher blasts
with one hand right back at the two Guyvers and the ship. The resulting
explosion destroys the ship completely. Archanfel lands lightly on
the ground below, realizing that magma is rising from the ground; the volcano
the base was built in has erupted. Guyot’s power gem still in his
hand, he stands before the Council of Twelve and watches the volcano’s
bright destruction. Behind him, he notices the still, fragmented
form of Zoalord prototype Masaki and looks it over with a thoughtful expression
in his eyes. The members of the Council bow to him as the volcano’s
fire lights the scene.
Book 9, Chapter 53
Several months have
passed, and Chronos has successfully made its move to take over the world.
Zoanoids are rapidly defeating armed forces all over (most of the ones
Yoshiki shows are US military forces). Zoanoids have even taken over
the White House. In Japan, the Japanese Prime Minister is admitting
defeat to Chronos and the Zoanoids. Brief scenes of normal humans
‘morphing out’ into Zoanoid form - many of them people who didn’t know
they were Zoanoids and controlled in battle form by Chronos personnel -
are shown from locales as far-flung as Beijing, Moscow, Paris, and London.
Cut to the seemingly barren Arizona desert (probably Monument Valley),
and the Chronos base beneath its sands. Several members of the Council
of Twelve are discussing the status of their operation to take over control
of the world. More scenes of Zoanoids wreaking destruction against
military forces. They even prove they can withstand the forces of
nuclear blasts (at least the ones on the periphery, anyway!). Later,
at Mt. Ararat, the Council meets to bow before Archanfel as he greets the
rising sun, acknowledging that he’s now the top leader of Chronos.
Chapter 54
Somewhere, a rock band called
“Jukadan” is playing; the members are all Zoanoids. As the crowd
screams at the end of the concert, they all change back into bishonen -
young men so handsome they’re almost pretty, and of course naked to boot.
The crowd goes wild. A young woman walks along a street with groceries
in her arms and looks at a TV monitor displaying the concert. She
makes an unpleasant face. We draw away from her and see she’s in
Tokyo, with the new Chronos Japan HQ building rising from the center of
the city. She watches a helicopter landing on the helipad at the
top of the structure. It is the arrival of Paul Kushtar, one of the
members of the Council of Twelve, returning from Ararat. His subordinate
reports everything going smoothly. Dr. Barcas is also present.
They go to look at a vat in which someone - something - is growing, but
Yoshika doesn’t show us any details. Cut to the inside of a small
house, the name outside says Natsuki - the name of Mizuki and Tetsuro’s
friend in high school. Tetsuro, Mizuki, Shizu, Roujin are all inside,
working at computers and such as Natsuki comes in the door. It seems
Natsuki has gotten a rather drastic haircut after graduating from school.
Mizuki looks over at pictures on the desk of Masaki and the Doctor’s group
from the mountain, with incense burning before them. She wonders
if they should light joss for Sho and Agito, too; but hopes that somewhere
the two Guyvers are still alive. Tetsuro is busy trying to find information
on Chronos that they can use against the enemy, but wonders if it’s any
use at all.
Chapter 55
Mizuki has gone out
into the rain and uses binoculars to look at the house she and Tetsuro
used to live in. The sign by the front door still reads “Sugawa”,
and thinks she sees her mother and father. The house is still being
guarded by Chronos. Then two cops come up and want to know what she’s
doing, and Natsuki arrives just in time to drag her away before their questions
become too pointed. The cops go look through their ‘wanted’ list
and discover she’s Mizuki Sugawa. Before the men can alert anyone,
a man comes up and grabs them both by the neck. They try to transform
into Zoanoids to fight him, but Aptom just grins and absorbs all their
energy. Back at Natsuki’s apartment, Tetsuro is having a screaming
fit all over his little sister, who breaks into tears. Eventually
they go to sleep. At Chronos, they’re looking at a strange oval object
their forces found in the snows of the North America; debris from
the explosion of the Creators’ spaceship. It is a little larger than
a man, and looks like it is made of the same material as the Guyver armor.
In Toronto, Canada, humans are raiding a factory complex run by Chronos.
Zoanoids counterattack, and one breeches their defenses. A blurred
form whips past the humans, and Guyver 3 cuts the Zoanoid into shreds.
As Agito dismisses his armor, the men happily address him as “Boss”.
He is thinking of that oval object, too - Sho Fukamachi is inside it, and
he wonders what changes are being made to his ally inside that cocoon.
Chapter 56
A chopper arrives
at Chronos Japan to pick up Dr. Barcas. He is going to Chronos HQ
to examine the oval object. Aptom watches him leave. He then
returns his attention to the house across the street. Through the
window he can see Tetsuro and the others. He wonders if he
should contact them; they are enemies of Chronos, too, and thus might be
willing to become his allies. *Not yet,* he decides. *To them
I’m probably still only another Zoanoid...* Somewhere in the US, in an
abandoned auto plant, humans are building tanks. Agito watches quietly,
then turns to discuss the progress of their resistance plans with a young
man. (His group has, appropriately enough, taken Guyver 3’s nom du
guerre of Zeus.) He describes how, after the space ship was blown away,
the huge control medal that ran the spaceship caught up both he and Sho,
encasing them in protective material. Agito watched as Sho dissolved,
and then Guyver 1’s control medal merged with that of the ship. At
that point the debris landed, and Agito - arm partially regenerated
- tore his way out of the covering. Beside him was an oval made of
the same material, a cocoon of some sort. He could sense Fukamachi
inside, but could not communicate with him. Chronos troop choppers
had arrived almost immediately, and Guyver 3 was not yet recovered enough
to try and carry the pod away or fight the soldiers. He had retreated
into hiding instead, and watched in frustration as the troops had taken
away the cocoon. Agito is determined to retrieve the cocoon before
Chronos breaks into it and does something to Guvyer 1. Not only because
Sho is friend and ally, but because he’s afraid one way or another Chronos
may be able to discover a way to turn Guyver 1 - or at least the Unit -
into a Chronos pawn.
Chapter 57
Barcas has arrived
at Chronos HQ and is going to view the oval cocoon. He uses his considerable
telepathic powers to probe the interior of the cocoon, but gets no response.
“There’s something alive in there, but it’s unconscious and does not respond
to my thoughts,” he reports. Inside, Sho is having nightmares about
Archanfel in his battle form, knowing that this is the shape of the true
enemy. In Tokyo, Aptom is walking down a deserted street and enters
the grounds of a construction project. A powerfully built man follows
him, and Aptom turns and recognizes the other as Zx-Tole, last of the Hyper
Zoanoid Team Five. Zx-Tole transforms, and he’s now different - he
has willingly gone back into the vats and been engineered into an even
more powerful Zoanoid. Battle rages across the skies of Tokyo, and
debris rains down on the city. Tetsuro and the others hear the battle,
and wonder if Sho or Agito is involved. They go racing out to try
and see something more.
Chapter 58
The battle between Aptom
and Zx-Tole continues in the skies. Aptom fights stubbornly, but
it becomes obvious that he’s outclassed by Zx-Tole’s new form. Below,
Tetsuro and the others run after the combatants. Mizuki is convinced
it’s Sho. She screams his name aloud. Back in the US, the cocoon
begins to vibrate as Sho responds to her mental summons. The cocoon
rises as stunned Chronos personnel race around trying to do something -
trace it, contain it, whatever comes to mind! Agito senses Sho’s
awakening, and - now not far outside the Chronos building - sees the oval
disappear in a teleport jump. Aptom falls from the skies, and Tetsuro
and company run to the area where he’s crashed, expecting to see a damaged
Guyver - instead, they see a badly injured Zoanoid sprawled out across
a trashed car.
Book 10, Chapter 59
Chronos is trying to reassure
the populace of Tokyo that the situation is under control, and most of
the humans in the city don’t believe them - but also are mostly too cowed
or apathetic to do anything about it. The injured Zoanoid - he has
one leg and an arm blown off - returns to human form, and Mizuki recognizes
him as Aptom. Tetsuro asks why Aptom is being pursued. Aptom replies
he’s no longer with Chronos and is now considered an enemy of the organization.
Zx-Tole arrives and laughs as he realizes who they are; these are the humans
Chronos has been searching for so long! He blasts Aptom again, blowing
off his other leg. Before he can finish him off, there is a loud
Boom! as the cocoon arrives. “Master Agito!” Shizu screams as she
sees Guyver 3 leap off the cocoon and land on a rooftop above them.
It seems his Guyver Unit was able to follow Sho’s cocoon into the teleport,
and it dragged him along with it back to Tokyo. “Where’s Sho?” Mizuki
asks. “In there,” Agito replies, pointing to the cocoon where it’s
landed. Mizuki runs to it as Agito becomes airborne and an incensed
Zx-Tole, forgetting Aptom, flies up after him. Paul Kushtar, monitoring
the battle from Chronos Japan, sends out two Zoanoids to observe and report.
Tetsuro helps Aptom sit up, and the renegade Zoanoid sends a missile after
Zx-Tole. It startles the Hyper Zoanoid enough for Agito to use his
megasmasher cannon. Unfortunately, Zx-Tole just absorbs the blast
- and then uses the smoke from the explosion to hide his own attack.
He rams into Guyver 3, the three sharp horns of his head impaling the startled
Agito, then sends a strong electrical current through him before dropping
him to the ground. Zx-Tole follows, and blasts Aptom one more time
before striding toward the unconscious Guyver 3. “This time you won’t
escape me, Guyver 3!” he snarls. Shizu throws herself in front of
him, and says he’ll have to kill her first; Zx-Tole says that won’t be
a problem. Mizuki screams for Sho, and the cocoon disintegrates,
revealing a dangerous looking form - a huge Guyver: the Guyver Gigantic
(among fans sometimes called the Hyper Guyver) armor. The control
medal governing most of his actions, Guyver 1 protects everyone from Zx-Tole’s
next attack, then takes off after the Hyper Zoanoid. Fried'rich von
Purg'stallis startled by what he sees through the observing Zoanoids; he
isn’t sure what he’s witnessing. Has Aptom found a way to gain even
more power and assume this strange form? Then he gets a good look
at its head and realizes it seems to be some sort of Guyver. Hyper
Guyver destroys one observer, and Zoalord Kushtar flies out to get a look
in person. The second Zoanoid approaches the group on the ground.
He recognizes both Aptom and Guyver 3. Unfortunately, Kushtar isn’t
at his post to receive that report. Zx-Tole prepares for a final,
all-out attack on this new enemy, and remembers his friends
and vat-mates - the late members of the Team Five. *One way or another,
I’ll be joining you shortly,* he thinks as both he and the Hyper Guyver
fire at each other. Zx-Tole is dissolved by the blast. Paul
Kustar is injured, and struggles to control his fall. Below,
Aptom catches the second Zoanoid observer and uses its energy and form
to revitalize his ravaged body. He decides retreat is the better
part of valor and takes off. Hyper Guyver arrives; the outside layer
peels off and disappears, leaving Guyver 1; then the regular Guyver armor
leaves, and Sho - this time naked - collapses into Mizuki’s arms.
(Yes, this was a double-length chapter; probably done for a special issue
of the manga magazine it appears in.)
Chapter 60
Sho is having a strange
dream, reliving the events of the past from the beginning of his battle
with Guyot in rather surrealistic terms. He wakes to find his worried
friends all gathered around him. They tell him the Doctor and his
team all died after the explosion - they were evidently all booby-trapped
and once outside their base, they died rather horribly. Sho vows
to revenge them, and Masaki. Barcas is interviewing Kushtar, who
managed to not make too bad a crash-landing. He relays to them the
images of the Guyver Gigantic. In Tokyo, Natsuki returns to the house,
and Sho at first doesn’t recognize her - and then finds it hard to believe
that the quiet, demure Natsuki has turned into this rather loud, aggressive
woman. Sho doesn’t remember anything about the Guyver Gigantic armor,
so they tell him about it; Agito adding in details he picked up from his
own Guyver Unit. Back in Arizona, the Council is discussing this
new threat, and are rather relieved when Archanfel shows up. “I have
something to combat this new Guyver,” he says. “Meet the newest Chronos
General - Masaki Murakami.” It is indeed Masaki, his sunglasses intact,
hair much longer and wearing a new uniform. Shortly he is arriving
in Tokyo.
Chapter 61
A large, angry crowd is
surrounding the Tokyo Chronos tower, wanting to know what’s going on.
The police and Chronos guards are struggling
to keep them from breaking into full riot. Later that night, the
two Guyvers stand on the top of a building looking at the Chronos building.
Guyver 3 takes off for a covert entry, while Sho calls the Hyper Guyver
and makes a frontal assault. Eventually both get into the nerve-center
of the building, where a man faces away from them, his hair halfway down
his back. “Paul Kushtar?” one of the Guyvers asks, hesitantly - even
from the back this man doesn’t look like the blond Zoalord.
“I didn’t think I’d ever see you again - Sho,” Masaki replied, turning
around. Both Guyvers recognize him as their old friend...
Chapter 62
Smoke pours from the
Chronos building; Tetsuro and the others watch worriedly, knowing the Guyvers
were in the middle of it. Masaki faces the Guyvers, and his words
prove that he’s been turned into a loyal Chronos
general. He then blasts the both of them with an energy bolt.
The force of the explosion punches the two Guyvers through the outside
wall of the building. Sho makes a crater in the concrete, and Masaki
is close behind, intent on killing him before he has a chance to call the
Hyper Guyver armor. He is knocked back by power blasts, and then
Sho is scooped up under the cover of the dust and smoke. Masaki looks
up and sees a strange Zoanoid with Guyver 1 in its arms. “Aptom...”
Sho whispers. “Aptom? Bastard!” Masaki hisses. He destroys
the building in an attempt to get them, but both Aptom and Sho duck out
before the blow can land; Aptom has recognized the attack as one Archanfel
used against him when the Council member showed up for the first time at
Barcas’ base. Aptom fires a phalange of missiles at Masaki. The Chronos
general protects himself with a shield and is unhurt, but doesn’t notice
the strange noises and cracking wall behind him. Then Guyver 3 breaks
through the wall. Never one to let sentiment get in his way when
someone seems to have become an enemy, Agito launches a full-scale attack
against Masaki. Murakami ducks fast enough that only his cape and
glasses are damaged by Agito’s sonic swords. Holding one hand to
his eyes as the glasses shatter, Murakami blows Guyver 3 away with a force
ball; Agito’s limp form falls into Sho’s arms. The glasses fall away,
and we see Masaki now has Archanfel’s cat-like eyes. Furious, the
air crackles around Masaki as he starts to call his Zoalord form into being.
Book 11, Chapter 63
Masaki transforms into his
new Zoalord battle form, the zoacrystal once belonging to Guyot set into
the middle of his forehead. “I am Zoalord Imakarum Mirabilis!” he
declares. His new battle form looks more powerful, more massive than
the prototype one he had before; while still far more humanoid than Guyot’s,
it is more monstrous than before. He sends a power-bolt at Sho, still
holding the dazed Agito in his arms. Both Guyvers are sent flying.
Aptom is repairing himself as he watches from below, trying to keep a low
profile until he has an idea of what’s going on. Sho is trying to
talk to Masaki, but Agito warns him that Murakami has probably been totally
brain-washed. Guyver 3 notices that Imakarum’s forehead crystal is
glowing again, and the two Guyvers barely get out of the way of the massive
blast the Zoalord now sends their way.
Chronos - and the rest of the city - is watching the battle, as Chronos-controlled
news crews zoom in with helicopters and telephoto lenses. Mizuki
and the others also get an eyeful, and wonder if this is the battleform
of the Zoalord controlling the Pacific Area from Tokyo, Paul Kushtar. Chronos
twists the news to suit their own purposes. The battle has now moved
out over Tokyo Bay. Both Guyvers attack, but the Zoalord easily deflects
their efforts, turning some of them back upon his foes. Aptom arrives
at full speed to knock both Guyvers out of the way of a particularly nasty
attack. Then the Zoalord sends a bolt that knocks all three of his
enemies out of the sky, and Sho finds himself being held by the throat
in Imakarum’s clawed hands, as the Zoalord starts to try and tear the control
medal out of his forehead. Sho briefly remembers the earlier Masaki,
then calls up the ‘Guyver Gigantic’ armor. Its arrival breaks Imakarum’s
hold on Guyver 1, and he falls into the ocean. The Zoalord uses his
powers to blow a hole in the ocean, revealing the three he’s been fighting
on the ocean floor - and the Guyver Gigantic getting ready to fire its
megasmasher cannon. Masaki is caught in the nimbus of the blast,
but only dazed - when he recovers, Sho, Agito and Aptom have disappeared.
Chapter 64
Frustrated and upset,
Agito and Sho return to Natsuki’s apartment to discover the Chronos-controlled
media has named them the terrorists, and put the blame for the destruction
caused during their battle with Zoalord Imakarum Mirabilis on the two Guyvers.
Imakarum is proclaimed a hero, valiantly saving the city from any further
destruction the terrorists might have caused.Aptom is sitting atop a tower
contemplating the powers displayed by the new Zoalord, so much like those
used by Archanfel. He remembers his fellow Lost Numbers, and wonders
what is going to happen next. In
a structure near the Dead Sea in Israel, the Council of Twelve have gathered
at Archanfel’s command. Using all twelve of their zoacrystals, they
activate another Creator spaceship - this one much larger than the
smaller one Sho brought to life earlier. Shortly it is airborne,
then space borne. The Council gloats over this new acquisition, while
the rest of the world wonders what it’s going to mean.
Chapter 65
Tetsuro and the others read
about the emergence of the new Creator spaceship with shock and trepidation,
wondering what new weapons Chronos will find aboard. The Council is calling
it “Hakobune” or “the Ark” - yes, as in Noah’s Ark; Agito remarks caustically
that it’s probably actually a battleship of some sort. The Council
of Twelve has the ship spaceborne, and is putting it through its paces.
On a remote island, stocked with various genetic experiments - not only
dinosaurs but also mythological creatures like satyrs and mermaids.
Archanfel and Imakarum arrive like bolts of lightning (Imakarum refers
to Archanfel as ‘Master’). They land on what looks like an old Mayan
temple. Archanfel collapses, and Mirabilis carries him inside the
temple and places him on a stone slab; Archanfel has used too much power
and must take time to regenerate. Archanfel says something about
needing one of the Unit Gs to completely regain his full power. The massive
stone doors close behind Imakarum as he leaves, his goal to locate and
destroy the Guyvers.
Chapter 66
In Tokyo, a man is running
for his life - Aptom is hunting him. Cornered in a dead-end alley,
Aptom grabs him by the throat and begins draining him - but the man turns
into something that looks more like a primitive Zoalord prototype than
a Zoanoid; and Aptom lets him go, suddenly realizing his prey is one of
Odagiri’s team - and another experimental subject. In fact - another
Lost Number! Imakarum and Zoalord
Paul Kushtar, the Pacific area controller, are at the Chronos Tokyo
looking at four Zoanoid processing vats, in which new Zoanoids are being
brought to maturity. Imakarum seems pleased at their progress, while
Kushtar seems a bit worried that the newest Zoalord seems to be entirely
too obsessed with the Guyvers.
At Natsuki’s place, the rebels
are contemplating how events have turned out, and are not very happy.
There is a knock at the door - it is Natsuki, who has brought Aptom - and
behind the Lost Number is the man whose life he has spared, Dr. Hayami.
Unknown to them, a Zoanoid has seen Aptom, and then recognizes Agito and
Sho. He notified headquarters. Mirabilis’s lips curve in anticipation,
and he summons his four new Zoanoids to him. They transform into
the new Enzyme III as he becomes Zoalord once more...
Book 12, Chapter 67
In Arizona, Dr. Barcas is
receiving reports of Imakarum’s hunt for the Guyvers, and wonders what
Archanfel is up to. In Tokyo, Dr. Hayami and Aptom are describing
for the Guyvers and their friends some of the processes they went through
when Chronos experimented on them, when Aptom notices the Zoanoid spying
on them. He immediately kills the observer, and they realize there
are several Vamores targeting the house with their bio-lasers. They
barely manage to escape by taking to the air, the Guyvers and Aptom carrying
the members of the group who cannot fly. They head toward the countryside,
only to find Zoalord Imakarum Mirabilis hovering in the air before them,
blocking their path.
Chapter 68
Imakarum gloats that the
renegades cannot escape this time, not burdened with the need to carry
their non-powered allies. He strikes, and hits Sho with a power blast.
The Guyver Gigantic drops Tetsuro because of the impact, and Sho frantically
dives after his best friend, barely catching him before he hits the ground.
Tetsuro has lost his glasses, and the other two land nearby, also depositing
their passengers. Imakarum lands on a rock in the middle of the nearby
river. He recognizes all his former allies - including Dr.
Hayami, who he thought had died. As he speaks, the Enzyme 3 Zoanoids
surround the group. Aptom attacks one of them with Elegen’s tentacles
and electrical pulses; then fires bio-missiles at them - but to no effect,
as they almost immediately heal the damage they have taken. They
counter-attack, and Aptom finds himself on the receiving end once more.
Mirabilis tells them gleefully that Chronos has learned a lot from previous
battles with the Guyvers and Aptom; the Enzyme 3 models have been designed
with that new information in mind. They are even more powerful than
the re-genetically engineered Zx-Tole was! Sho decides to take the
battle back into the air, and the Zoalord is immediately flying after him.
Chapter 69
The Guyver Gigantic and
Zoalord Imakarum begin their battle, Sho handicapped by his sentimental
feelings for his former friend and ally. The fight rages far overhead,
above the cloud cover - from the ground all that is visible are flashes
of light breaking through the mists. Below, Guyver 3 is getting beaten
up as badly as Aptom by the new model Enzyme Zoanoids. The two stand
back to back as they face their enemies. Aptom and Agito make a quick
plan; Aptom distracts the Enzymes long enough for the Guyver to use his
megasmashers against them.
Chapter 70
The others are horrified
until they realize that while Aptom has been damaged, Agito managed to
avoid killing him. All that is left is his torso, but from that the
Lost Number will be able to regenerate. Guyver 3’s sensors then detect
danger - he has not killed all the Enzyme 3s after all, as the one survivor
bursts out of the ground in what he hoped would be a surprise attack.
Yohei throws himself in front of Agito, taking the brunt of the attack;
both Guyver 3 and the old man fall to the ground - the Zoanoid’s clawed
hand has gone all the way through Yohei and into Agito’s chest! Aptom,
even as crippled as he is, gets a bio-laser shot off at the Enzyme - who
skips out of the way of the blast, also now out of reach of his victims.
Shizu collapses to her knees next to her grandfather, tears running down
her face. Above, the Guyver Gigantic
and the Zoalord continue their fight. Sho strikes at Mirabilis’ neck
with one of his sonic swords...
Chapter 71
Sho can’t bring himself
to deliver that final blow, and Imakarum takes advantage of his hesitation
to knock his enemy away and increases his power levels, destroying his
uniform to
reveal the full extent of his own
transformation before he strikes at Sho once more. Below, Shizu is
still grieving over her grandfather’s body. Aptom is too badly crippled
to fight very well, and Agito’s Guyver has not yet healed its host -
still losing blood, he is too weak to even get to his feet. As Aptom
is attacked by an Enzyme 3, Hayami decides it’s up to him. He begins
his own transformation - and his allies realize that he was made into something
half Zoanoid, half Zoalord - while he does not possess a Zoacrystal,
he is far more like Murakami and Guyot than a normal Zoanoid. He
attacks the Enzyme 3 beating up on the crippled Aptom. The battle
continues, with Aptom and Guyver 3 putting in their two cents’ worth as
well as they begin to recover somewhat. Hiyami leads the sole surviving
Enzyme out into the river, then uses his powers to freeze both river and
Zoanoid. Guyver 3 finishes the Chronos monster off with his sonic
attack, shattering its’ body into bits. Hayami crawls to shore and
collapses, returning to human form - reminding us of Murakami the first
few times he transformed into his Zoalord prototype body. Before
anyone has a chance to relax, Mirabilis floats into view - holding up an
unconscious Guyver 1 by a firm hold around Sho’s head. The Guyver Gigantic
armor has disappeared.
Chapter 72
A shuttle from Chronos’
“Ark” arrives at their main Arizona base, settling into the hollow center
of the stone monolith it is located in. One of the Council of Twelve,
Zoalord Shin, debarks, and is greeted by Dr.
Barcas. They discuss the progress they have made in investigating
the “Ark”, and wonder what Archanfel is doing now. In Japan, Sho’s
allies react with horror as they see what Imakarum has in a powerful grip.
“Hmm, I see my Enzyme 3s failed to take you down...” he remarks, then tells
them he has won anyway. Guyver 3 tries to contact Guyver 1 telepathically,
eventually getting through Sho’s daze. Sho begins to call the Guyver
Gigantic. Mirabilis begins to squish his head, but it’s too late
- for Sho sends the cocoon of the Guyver Gigantic armor to Agito, and he
steps into its enfolding ‘petals’ Alarmed, Murakami drops his beaten
foe, as the armor’s case begins to open, revealing glowing, angry eyes...
Book 13, Chapter 73
Agito emerges from the cocoon
to face a startled - and somewhat shaken - Imakarum. Guyver 3 names
his version of the “Hyper Guyver” armor the “Gigantic Guyver Dark”, and
tells the Zoalord that, unlike Sho, he won’t hold back in battle.
Imakarum takes off, Agito in close pursuit as the others watch. Meanwhile,
Zoalord Fried'rich von Purg'stallis monitoring the situation with some
misgivings. If the battle ends up over a major city... In the air
over the city now, the two antagonists exchange energy weapon fire of one
sort or another, with Mirabilis finally realizing just how powerful the
Gigantic armor can be when controlled by a host who is a trained fighter
not tied down by sentiment.
Chapter 74
The battle continues, with
the collateral damage mounting rapidly. Fried'rich von Purg'stallis
getting more and more upset at both property damage and the deaths of civilians.
Imakarum tries to dodge various blows, but Agito’s forehead laser wounds
him badly. In fear of his life, the Zoalord utilizes his ability
to create a mini black hole, hoping to destroy his foe in a last-ditch
attack.
Chapter 75
The powerful black hole
starts to suck up everything on the ground, people as well as cars, trash
cans, buildings, ocean water... Fried'rich von Purg'stallis appalled when
he realizes what Imakarum has done. Agito uses the Gigantic armor to resist
the pull as he analyzes this new attack. Seeing a weakness, he releases
a double-barreled megasmasher blast at the center of the vortex, which
blows it apart. He follows up with an entirely physical attack (perhaps
by this point his power levels are too drained for an energy attack?) and
punches out Imakarum, striking the Zoacrystal in his forehead. The
crystal cracks - and Archanfel, distant as he is, is awakened by the echo
of the blow as Mirabilis screams in agony.
Chapter 76
The Gigantic armor comes
apart, somewhat to Agito’s surprise. I suspect he doesn’t have enough
bio-energy left at this point to keep it going. Imakarum falls into
the sea. Agito senses another Zoalord approaching, recognizes it
is Paul Kushtar. Agito disappears into the ocean depths as well.
The area chief arrives and hovers in mid-air, assessing the damage done
by the battle. Paul is distracted by a warping of the air - and Archanfel
arrives via teleport! The chief Zoalord ignores Fried'rich von Purg'stall
as he searches for Imakarum, finally telekinetically pulling him out of
the ocean. *Master...* comes the faint whisper in his mind from his
subordinate. Meanwhile, a triumphant Guyver 3 returns to where his
friends and allies await him.
Chapter 77
The Council - minus Archanfel
and Mirabilis - meet in Tokyo to debate the most recent clash between Zoalord
and Guyver. The Guyver Gigantic armor is far more powerful than they
had realized, they agree. It makes a Guyver powerful enough to defeat
one of the strongest of their number. Barcas wonders if he should
reveal to them what he knows about Archanfel’s origins. Elsewhere,
our rebels - minus Aptom for the moment - have retreated into the mansion
that conceals the late Dr. Onigiri’s secret laboratory, where Hayami was
processed into his Zoanoid form. Agito tells them he’s going back
to America to check on his men there. Sho agonizes over the death
and destruction that has been caused.
On Archanfel’s guarded, secret island, Imakarum, still unconscious, floats
in an ancient processing chamber under his master’s watchful eye.
“Let me die, Master; I’ve failed you...* his mind-voice whispers to the
senior Zoalord.
Chapter 78
In New York, a squad of
Zoanoids is attacking the hidden base Agito’s men have been working in.
As they attack, several of the Zoalords discuss current events. Barcas
admits he isn’t sure Archanfel is entirely human in origin. The Zoanoids
quickly overrun the perimeter defenses, cornering the human leaders in
an underground room. Before they can capture or kill the rebels,
the Zoanoids begin to fall. The humans find a trail of destruction,
leading to the Guyver Gigantic Dark armor as Agito crushes the head of
yet another Zoanoid. There is a sigh of relief from the surviving
men as they realize: “I don’t believe it! Is that you, boss?”
Agito tells them the Gigantic armor may be the key to winning the war against
Chronos.
Chapter 79
Barcas reveals to the other
Chronos Overlords that 400 years ago he was on a galleon as part of a convoy
in the Pacific (I think they were Dutch merchantmen heading for Japan and
China). The fleet was sunk after being driven off course by a storm,
blown into whirlpools caused by the currents around the reefs protecting
a tiny island. Barcas was the only survivor, and found himself washed
up on the shore of the strange land. The wildlife there was incredible.
He now knows that most of the beasts he saw were prehistoric creatures
from various eras, as well as some mythological beasts - like real mermaids!
Panicking as some large dinosaurs approached, he ran for his life
- until he tripped over a vine and landed on an ancient, paved walkway.
Following it, he entered a huge stone temple (the same one Imakarum put
Archanfel to sleep in back in volume 11). The carvings on the wall
showed all the various island life-forms bowing to a strange winged being
(readers will recognize it as a rendering of Archanfel’s Zoalord manifestation).
Entering an inner chamber, Baracas saw a glowing, liquid-filled, egg-shaped
capsule. (It’s the same one Imakarum now floats in.) Inside,
visible through the transparent skin of the egg, floated a sleeping form
- that of Archanfel..
Note: This below synopsis was written
by Star. Some translations are not 100% accurate and only things
that are important to the plot are mentioned. Stuff like 'how are
you?' are left out as this is only a page by page SUMMARY of the important
events. Excuse any spelling and grammatical errors.
Book 14, Chapter 80
In the huge Chronos building, Cloud
Gate, Doctor Barcus continues to talk to the two Zoalords about Archanfel.
The hidden island of Silha, separated from the outside world by ten water
vortexes and powerful electro-magnetic fields, was one of the Creator's
experimental grounds. On this island, animals from ancient times
still flourish today. It is, the last of the 'Holy Grounds' of the
Creators.
"So then, is that where Archanfel
remained under a dormant state?" asked Purg'stall
"Correct" replied the elder Zoalord,
"Inside the temple..."
**goes back into Barcus' memories**
When Barcus touched the oval containing
Archanfel, the man awoke and telepathically spoke to him. Barcus
knew that Archanfel was a far more advanced, intelligent, and more powerful
life form as he could feel power emanate from him. Barcus immediately
yields and states that he will become his servant.
From that day forth, Barcus' life
changed. Archanfel reveals that he will be needing another ten servants,
in addition to Baracus. He will be sharing a portion of his power
with them; because one day, he willl lead his army and wage war on Heaven.
So, before long, Arhcanfel took eleven Zoa-crystals from his body and gave
them to his servants, one of which was Barcus over hundreds of years.
All other Zoalords were hand-picked by Barcus after he received his
crystal.
As Chronos' corporate foundation
bgein to develop and started to flourish, Archanfel's body started to change.
His presence at Chronos became less and less frequent until it became such
that Barcus and the others only seen him once a year. It appears
that with his power divided, Archanfel has a 'sleep period' in which he
lies dormant like a fake death.
**comes back to the present**
Guyot took advantage of this knowledge,
and attempted to takeover Chronos while Archanfel was in a dormant period.
After hearing this, the Zoalords were afraid that Guyot's replacement,
Imakarum, will attempt to take over as Guyot did. But, Barcus assured
them Imakarum had a permanent mental link with Archanfel and is absolutely
loyal to him. It is almost as if Imakarum is a part of Archanfel's
body. Barcus goes on to reveal the current plans of Chronos.
The enormous space ship, the Ark, is near completion and someone like Guyot
attempts to another takeover during this crititcal period in which Archanfel
remains dormant, then Chronos will most surely crumble.
Book 14, Chapter 81
Fried'rich van Purg'stall and Sin
Rubeo Amniculus are on Cloud Gate discussing the battle with the Guyvers.
Amniculus said, "Doctor Barcus has
returned to the Arizona Branch of Chronos."
Purg'stall replied, "The other members
have gone to New York. How about you? What do you plan to do?"
"I plan to stay here in Japan.
Despite the recent attack by the Dark Gigantic Guyver (Guyver III) with
Zeus's Thunder Bolt on the New York Zoanoids, there was still the Gigantic
Guyver that attacked Cloud Gate here in Japan. This would mean that
there are two Gigantic Guyvers and either one can attack at any time."
(since no one survived the Imakarum and Gigantic Guyver encounters as Imakarum
is injured and the zoaniods are dead, they don't know that the two Guyvers
share one Gigantic Guyver suit)
**scene changes to a man looking
up at the Cloud Gate tower**
"Taking over the world...Entering
the realm of space...Everything will be different from the way it was before!
Using my own hands!" said the man as snow continues to fall.
**scene changes to the hideout of
Sho and his friends discussing recent events**
Agito and Shizu Onuma have
been in Amercia for three days and they have already made a huge impact
there. Agito is trying to reassemble and rebuild Zeus' Thunder Bolt
in hopes that it will aid in the fight against Chronos. This is not
going to be an easy job.
Sho is in the background, thinking....while
everyone else was asleep. He goes out to have some time alone in
the balcony."... Zoalord Imakarum Mirabilis, is his old friend Masaki Murakami
, already dead!? Although, Agito did not take his life, Agito and
I are different. Even facing Masaki, once he became the enemy, he
showed no mercy. Agito can be ruthless and do whatever it takes to
achieve his objective, no matter what obstacle is in his way. I on
the other hand, can not be like Agito. At the time, I was only one
step away from eliminating Masaki , but I could not do it. I knew
that doing so, would mean putting Tetsuro and the others in danger but
I...."
Suddenly, there was a small avalanche
in which snow fell off a tree in front of Sho, revealing a Zoanoid scout!!!
The scout immedately jumps away to escape and Sho follows as he calls upon
Guyver.
"I was too careless", Sho blamed
himself, "I must catch him before it's too late. It is my FAULT!!"
The chase continues and after a
while Sho notices that the scout is not escaping in the direction of the
Cloud Gate tower, to where it is safe. Instead he is going the opposite
direction and to an abandoned factory. As he wonders why the scout
has led him here, he realizes that it was done intentionally!
Book 14, Chapter 82
**Guyver I has entered the factory
area and is taking a look around**
With his extra sensitive perception,
Guyver I picks up something, "Three, four, five...shadows. They aren't
normal Zoanoids." As soon as he thought this, a blast of infrared
laser shot out from the dark and nearly hit Sho. Several blasts follow
and Sho follows a figure that has moved off leading him directly to the
Hyper Zoanoid Five!!!
"How can this be? All five
of them are already dead!!" Guyver I immediately calls upon the Gigantic
Guyver suit...
**Meanwhile in Arizona**
Guyver III arrives secretly and
undetected at a Chronos base hidden inside a mountain.
"What? Sho is using the Gigantic
Guyver suit... What can be happening in Japan at this moment?
But the suit is needed here now! This is too good of a chance to
pass up...."
**back in Japan**
Sho is effectively holding off the
enemy Zoanoids and is retaliating. However, he is surprised at the
surprise appearance of Imakarum Mirabilis and his mind waivers a moment;
just enough time for Elegen to use his electric shock on him while Gaster,
Dezerb, and Zx-Tole fire away at Sho who takes the hits heavily!!
"No..this is not right. He
isn't Imakarum.." states Sho as he uses his sensors.
Suddenly, the Gigantic Guyver suit
automatically disassembles, returns to its container and disappears into
subspace...
**back in Arizona**
Agito appears again, only this time,
as Gigantic Dark!!
"I was correct! My link to
the Gigantic Guyver Suit is strong than Sho's. My will had won over
his!!! HA HA! I am the true master of the Gigantic Guyver unit,
and not SHO!!"
**inside the Chronos Installation
at Arizona**
A big explosion occurs and a console
blows up in the face of a soldier. As the smoke clears he sees....
Book 14, Chapter 83
**inside the Chronos Installation
at Arizona**
Barcus is examining the damage from
the expolsion when the face of Gigantic Dark appears on the viewer.
"Nice to see you for the first time,
Doctor Barcus. How do you do? I am Gigantic Dark"
"No, this is not the first time.
We have met before. Guyver III? No, you are Agito!"
"Hm, very good Doctor!!"
"Ever since the last attack on Zeus'
Thunder Bolt, I always suspected that the black colored Gigantic Guyver
was you. What do you want?!!"
"My intention is to...wipe Chronos
off the face of this earth!.... starting with this base, the largest
Chronos base."
"Are you bluffing?? You think
that just YOU can do this with one person?"
"As Gigantic Dark, it can be done
with my powers. Do you think your base can withstand an attack from
my Super MegaSmasher?" (not exactly the best translation for the
Super Mega Smasher, but it serves the purpose as it is way more powerful
than the Mega Smashers on the regular Guyvers)
Fear runs through Barcus as the
viewer goes off, contemplating on the result of Agito's threat. He
immediately calls for the base to go to FULL alert. All the personel
clear, going to safe areas while the doors close off sections of the base.
Five huge sets of doors close off the five levels of the base. Zoanoids
move into defending positions while all bio-blasters are to assemble in
the lowest level.
**Back in Japan**
"Very Ugly, very ugly indeed Sho
Fukamachi !", said the fake Imakarum, "even your Gigantic Guyver suit has
been stolen by Agito!" The images of the Hyper Zoanoid Five and of
the Zoalord merge, coming together to form the image of Aptom in his battlemode.
"It is because you are too stupid!"
"What? Aptom?? Why?
Why have you done this?"
"Why??? Because... I can't
stand you...being so weak and stupid! Sho Fukamachi , why is it that
you fight?"
"I...."
"Is it because of your friends?
Is that why when you met the traitor, Imakarum Mirabilis, you captured
him??? HA! Don't make me laugh!" (note a HEAVY sarcastic tone)
"What do YOU understand?!
He and I...."
"You're right! I don't understanding
and a I don't want to!! All I know is that you gave up in your battle
against Imakarum Mirabilis, not caring for yourself or your friends!
Listen, at the time, everyone there could have been killed by him.
Is that called caring for your friends?? It doesn't look to me as
if you were fighting because of them if you were going to let Imakarum
kill them all!!!" stated Aptom. He moves over, grabs Sho by
the neck and throws him into the wall, "I can kill you easily now and take
revenge for my two comrades. However, if I kill you now, I know that
either of them would be happy. (meaning he isn't worth being killed
now)"
"....!"
Aptom thinks, "Wake up Sho!
Come on! Regain your confidence!! Where is that courage now,
the same courage that was here when you fought me as the Hyper Zoanoid
Five just now? Don't be afraid to die!" (kinda like an aside)
"Aptom....."
**inside the penetrated Chronos
Base**
Gigantic Dark has made his way past
the first level barrier of the Chronos base. He easily takes out
dozens of Zoanoids that are rushing at him and breaks down the second level
barrier...
Book 14, Chapter 84
**inside the penetrated Chronos
Base**
Speakers ---> "Defensive Doors,
one and two have been destroyed!! The Gigantic Guyver is now in the
third level!"
Barcus has decided to stay and lead
the Zoanoids, in an attempt to neutralize the invader. His assistant
argues with him, but is quickly dismissed as he says that he can not leave
the base when the whole base is at stake; for without his leadership, the
Zoanoids will most surely fail. Moreover, on the bottom of the base
is one of the world's last remaining relic ships where countless of their
scientific, technological, and genetic knowledge came from and where countless
more of those secrets are still yet to be unraveled. To lose the
base to Agito is unthinkable!!
"Doctor," reports a soldier, "some
two hundred bio-blaster type Zoanoids have assembled at your request on
the lower level, with their blasters aimed the fifth level door."
Meanwhile, Gigantic Dark easily
defeats every Zoanoid that comes at him with ease. While using the
pressure cannon, he blasts open a wall, revealing some crates.
"A storage room of information and
equipement? This might be useful" states Agito.
**Back on the lower level where
the Bio Blasters are**
Barcus awaits for the arrival of
the Gigantic Dark...waiting for him to break down the last door.
Once he does, he will telepathically order the Zoanoids to fire...and hopefully,
with their blasters charged to full, this should be able to repel the Super
Mega Smasher blast and destroy the Guyver...
Barcus waits but nothing happens.
"Doctor!", reports his assistant,
"I think the Gigantic Guvyer has left!"
"What???!!! What did you say??
Had he some other motive for coming to the base?"
**High above the base**
Gigantic Dark flies away with a
crate labled C-17.
"Barcus must be confused now!
Ha Ha! He must have really believed that I was going to use the Mega
Smasher. But if I was really to use it in those circumstances, I
would have depleted the energy reserves of the Gigantic Guyver suit and
would have been automatically disassembled from it. Thankfully for
their retreat, I was able to complete my task. However, when I get
back, my 'real task' will begin!"
Book 14, Chapter 85
**Tetsuro and Sho are in the basebase
of their hideout**
"What?? The Gigantic suit
was forced to disassemble by a greater force??" exclaimed Tetsuro.
Sho nods.
"Agito did this?"
"Yes. After, I tried several
times to call upon it again, but there was no response. I'm pretty
sure that it heard my call.... I was lucky that this was only a mock battle
by Aptom. If this was a real battle, I certainly would have been
killed."
"Agito must have knew this..."
replied Tetsuro. He goes on to think, "What is he thinking?
I thought we were all in this together, in a fight against Chronos.
Unless Agito, he really is...."
Sho sighs and thinks, "...
I really don't know his way of thinking. But Agito's has used his
will and has made the Gigantic suit his own. Aptom was right.
Things have become this way because of I am weak."
**Arizona Chronos Base, Conference
Room**
Several Zoalords have gathered together
to look at the damages to the base. Damages were extensive, but considering
the power of the Gigantic Guyver suit, it seems that there should have
been more damages. A couple of the Zoanoids in the group believed
that they should retaliate, but Barcus quickly overrules them. Reports
confirm that Gigantic Dark stole a crate from base. However, they
have not been about to identify what he stole at the moment.
**Florida, USA, high mountains.**
Agito's assistant reports, "This
factory building has been successfully acquired, secretly. I have
also made arrangements; the experimental tanks and bio-fluid are ready."
"What about the stuff inside the
crate?" replied Agito.
"He says that the stuff is useful.
Also, he wants to talk to you." reported the Assistant. (The
'He' is not specified at this point)
"Alright. No problem"
Book 14, Chapter 86
**On the island of Silha**
Archanfel walks into the chamber
where Barcus first found him several hundred years ago. However,
inside the oval is Imakarum Mirabilis.
"Even though the injuries on his
body has healed, the broken Zoa Crystals will require some more time to
regenerate. My body will be entering the dormant stage again soon.
Will he recover before then?" thought Archanfel as he stands in front of
Imakarum's body.
**inside the thoughts of Imakarum
Mirabilis**
"Where is this? It's so dark.
I can't see anything. Wait....a sound...." thought Imakarum.
"Awake....Awake our servant, Archanfel!"
said a voice.
"What is happening? What is
this?" thought Imakarum.
"I am God", said the voice, "I am
the one who has created all life in this universe, also known as the Creators."
"The Creators? Yes!
This must be the memories of Archanfel. He must have been created
by the Creators tens of thousands of years ago." thought Imakarum.
"Listen Archanfel!! Very very
long ago, we came from space to this planet, Earth, to research for our
ideal biological weapon/warrior. We have controled the evolution
of life on this planet in hopes to find the best life structure; an intelligent
life form capable of responding to our wishes, with the ability adapt to
any environment, with amazing combat abilities. Because you meet
all our requirements, you are allowed to exist. As for you, Archanfel,
you have been created to lead these life forms." The remains of a
dinosaur come into view. "These are your predecessors. They
no longer exist because their adaptability and size do not meet our requirements.
We led a huge asteriod towards Earth and drastically changed Earth's environment.
To our surprise, the destruction of the dinosaurs led to the rise of mammals.
Hence, we decided to change our plan. Instead of having a life form
with immense combat ability, we decided to first develop a multi-purpose
life
form in which we can modify step by step into the perfect biological weapon.
After numerous trials and errors in experiments, we finally accomplished
our task. The basic form of the Zoanoids have been developed and
hence, we have successfully developed the Human."
Book 15, Chapter 87
"Archanfel. All the life
forms we created, including you humans, are genetically programmed to obey
us, the Creators. Regarding the humans jwho have been altered into
Zoanoids, they have been given the ability to conquor like us. Because
you have been created to be the highest/most powerful genetically altered
life form, you are a Zoalord!! You are one with all the Zoanoids
on tis planet. You will be leading all of Human kind/Zoanoids into
battle for us."
Archanfel response," Understood,
our Lord."
"Archanfel, we will be creating
twelve Zoalords, like you. The twelve of you will be leading countless
billions of Zoanoid soliders in a huge intergalactic war. We rest
all hope in our first Zoalord, Archanfel."
Imakarum observes, "Archanfel's
heart towards the Creators is one of trust and loyalty. Hence, the
Creator's real purpose ..."
"Our experiment on this planet is
almost finished. We must immediately move to another experiment testing
grounds. But, we have yet to discover the true potential that the
Humans have to offer. So, other than procuding them, we have gone
ahead to conduct additional experiments."
**Guyver 0 appears **
"Master, what is this?", asked Archanfel.
"We have used an unmodified human
and placed upon him a 'Bio-Booster Armor'. We want to see what would
happen to our weapons, the Humans, after they have worn the Armor.
Let the experiment begin."
A dinosaur apperas in front of the
Bio-Boosted Human. The combat abilities, ferocity, speed, and strength
of the dinosaur have been magnified greatly. The purpose of this
experiment is to test the power of the Armor on the Humans.
Soon, the Guyver defeats the dinosaur
by killing it with its high frequency sword.
"Oh... amazing combat abilities!!!
This Bio-Boosted Human's powers is even greater than the powrs of a Bio-Boosted
Creator by several hundred times. It is no doubt that the Bio-Booster
Armor is one of the best weapons ever created. But, it's amazing
that it can produce such amazing results on a human. This is a very
surprising discovery, we must re-plan our experiments. This experiment
has ended. Disassemble from the Armor..." orders the Creators to
the Bio-Boosted Human.
The Guyver doesn't respond.
"What? Disassemble from the
Armor!"
Suddenly, the Bio-Boosted Human
pulls of the covering of it's mega-smasher and blasts a hole through one
of the Creator's spaceships...
Book 15, Chapter 88
"Why? What has happened?
The Bio-Boosted Human is not reacting to our commands. Not only does
it not follow commands, it is attacking us with its unimaginable power.
This is most dangerous. Archanfel, lead the Zoanoids and destroy
the Bio-Boosted Human.!" states the Creator.
"Understood, Master!! Zoanoids,
transform!! Destroy the traitor of the Creators, Zoanoids!"
The Zoanoids attack the Bio-Boosted
Human, but he makes short work of them. Seeing that the Zoanoids
are falling like flies, Arhcanfel decides to go attack himself when the
Creators stops him.
"Wait, Archanfel! Use this;
it is called the Remover. This will make a mechanism in the Armor
revert to its inactive state."
Archanfel does as ordered and moves
in on the Bio-Boosted Human. It fires the mega-smasher in defense,
but Archanfel resists the blast. Once in range, he aims and fires
the Remover at the Bio-Boosted Human and separates Human from Armor.
After they are separated, Archanfel kills the Human as ordered.
"What? Archanfel had once
fought against the primitive Guyver?" exclaims Imakarum as he observes
the memories.
Now, the Creators realize the potential
and the dangers of Humans. Their existance is a threat to them.
But before the Creators leave, what change happened to Archanfel's body
to make him the way he is now? |