In an alternative dimension, a
parallel Earth version of Stephen Cain began an entry into his new
journal as he reflected on the events of the past few months. . .
My Name is Stephen
Cain and this is where my story begins. It all started three months ago
on November 1st, 2010. That day I was called out to a very
important briefing, which consisted of me, the Captain of the 4th
squadron Blue Type Armoured Division, Jason O’Connor, a.k.a. Warrior
Guyver, and Sean Barker, a.k.a. the Guyver US. We three had been
assigned the mission of finding a downed space craft that was suspected
of being from the Creators, possibly a scout ship but nothing was known
for certain.
So it was now our job
to find out but if we knew this spaceship could be from the Creators,
you could be damn sure that Chronos would be all over it too considering
the shot it down as well and we could not afford to let them reach and
capture the craft. We were lucky when we all managed to get the Warrior
Guyver from Chronos just a few months prior, of course we had the help
of Guyver 1 and Guyver 3, but now that we had the Warrior Guyver that we
should manage without their help this time round and leave them on their
mission, finally it was time to Strike Arizona and finally wipe Chronos
USA completely out.
Now it was time to
beat Chronos to the punch again, well at least we wouldn’t have to fight
through a whole zoanoid army and straight into a major Chronos base
again, but somehow I’d feel a lot more comfortable knowing for certain
what we were up against now. . .
General O’Neil
started off as usual as he told us the situation "A spacecraft crashed
in Ireland and is suspected to be of Creator origin". Then he told us
what we had to do, "Go to Ireland and bring me that damn spacecraft!"
Thanks to Chronos, now was not a time to worry about breaking
international laws by entering Irish space with armed forces.
Fortunately we would
be using a few of the new Stealth Transports, state of the art troop
carrier aircrafts that’ll put us right on top of the enemy before they
could even see us at day or night. So getting to the crash site would
not be a problem, it was the getting back part that would be the problem
as the other troops were to leave as soon as the craft was secure but if
we couldn’t get it to fly that we were to destroy it and fight our way
back to the U.S, bad news for me but then the general added that "if you
do find a Guyver unit, the person in charge of the mission is to merge
with it!". That news was really good, it would mean I’d become a Guyver
if we found one. The General must have great trust in me to have made
that statement.
For the most part I
had to ignore the needs of the two American Guyvers. I knew my job. It
was to get together 100 of my best men in the next fifteen minutes and
get 100 of the best Blue Type Armours stationed on the base and make
damn sure they all knew the plan and what was expected of them quickly.
For myself though, I was given the new Blue Type Second-Generation
Armour. It was the latest in fully tested battle armour, though the only
real difference was that it held missile batteries for added fire power.
What more could a guy want, other than to use the Green battle armour,
but because they would not be ready for another 6 months that I was
stuck with what was presently available.
All well, I guess I’d
just have to wait to test that baby out. Now don’t get me wrong I liked
using the Blue Battle armour but that thing is only half as powerful as
the Green was supposed to be and was in no way capable of taking on the
powerful Hyper Zoanoids like Zektole. Of those of us going only Sean and
Jason where capable of taking on them at the moment and thankfully there
was only about ten Hypers in the US that we had to worry about. More
would be coming but they wouldn’t be wasted on us lowly troops, as the
Warrior Guyver was so powerful that he could kill a Zoalord by himself,
so he was everyone’s target outside the two Gigantic Guyvers who were a
step beyond even him though they did argue that Warrior Guyver could out
last them. My main problem was the likes of Gregore, big and strong but
stupid and unshielded, but there were thousands of them in any major
fight, not to mention the Vamores with those bio-lasers of theirs, slow
re-fire rate leaves them vulnerable but they could take you out with a
single blast if your weren’t careful.
Our mission started
short while later and we were all in Washington DC airport waiting for
our air transports to arrive. Washington DC airport was no longer open
to the public and was now purely a military airport. To the men and I
have to admit to me as well Jason and Sean where cult hero’s. Only a few
people knew who they where and to those that needed them, they were
saviours
.
So there we were all
waiting, even our most powerful had to wait for these planes and they
didn’t mind so much as it made them feel human. I did feel like talking
with the two Guyvers, but like the men, I was a little star struck and
really didn’t know what to say to them. Like really think about it, what
would be your topic of conversation? “Have you bio-boosted recently?” or
“What does it feel like to be able to lift over 40 tons in weight?”
Those questions sounded dorky so I and the rest of my men kept to
ourselves and left the Guyvers alone. I wondered then if I’d be like
them if I got a Guyver unit?!
Ten minutes later we
were all on our way to Ireland. It would not take all that long to get
there. Ireland is only a 5-hour journey by normal commercial airlines so
by going this way on these new super-fast transports, I’d guessed we’d
be in Ireland in less than two hours time. We guessed even Chronos would
face similar issues getting a large force on site. Though for them the
UK being only a few miles away from Ireland would mean no matter how
fast we were, Chronos would get forces there before us. What we hoped
was that as Guyver 1 reported before in the past about the Relic in
Relic’s Point, it would not be easy for Chronos to break into it and
they still had the logistically problem of getting inside it without a
Guyver Unit.
To me that was the
worst part of the mission. The waiting, I didn’t mind the fighting part,
training takes over then. It’s the waiting that bothers me and the worst
part is, these transports are designed to take you while in the battle
armour, within eject able pods. The UI of the battle armours turned off
to conserve power you can see nothing but darkness and hear almost
nothing but the sounds of the engines. The only company you have are
your own thoughts. Oh well I guess you just have to live with some
things, though like some of the men, I had included a music player in my
armour so was able to pass the time with some music. . .
Finally after what
seemed like hours, I felt the plane stop and a simple message "we‘re
there". Now was the exciting part. The armours kicked into the life and
the UI lit up showing using G.P.S. we where now over Wicklow in Ireland.
The pods opened up and let us fall the one hundred feet or so to the
ground. Using the Armours jump jets, we all landed safely. According to
the battle plan we would be one mile south of the ship which had
crash-landed in a lake in Glendalogh County Wicklow.
Before the Chronos
War, I once went on holiday to this part of Ireland which was probably
one of the reasons I was picked for the mission, but before I even had a
chance to say anything to the Warrior Guyver and Guyver US, they had
taken off after the spaceship. Not one to be left behind I ordered the
men to follow. I knew what the two Guyvers where up to, this was not
part of the mission really, they were getting there ahead of us so that
they would provide a large distraction for the Zoanoids and knowing the
Warrior Guyver, he planned to have them all killed before we got there.
I wouldn’t mind
missing the fight, as a Gregore could kill one of us as even with this
armour we were only on a level pegging with them and I hated losing any
of my people to those bastards, but the Warrior Guyver could kill them
in seconds and because of his incredible shielding they couldn’t even
touch him. His shielding was even a weapon that could be fired if he
wanted. So about one minute later my men and I arrived to see hundreds
of standard Zoanoids being ripped apart by the two Guyvers and just
beyond them was the crashed space craft almost submerged in the centre
of a lake.
Warrior Guyver was
really a weapon of destruction, the Zerebubuse that must have been in
charge of their mission was already dissolving into a pile of goo
because Warrior Guyver had punched his arm right through its chest. Then
about 30 Zoanoids charged us only to be cut down before they got the
chance by Warrior Guyvers head laser. So about a minute later, every
Zoanoid in the area was dead, mostly thanks to the Guyvers but I have to
give credit to my men for taking out about twenty Zoanoids with
coordinated weapons fire, it was good to know we didn’t have to depend
on the Guyvers to fight all our battles, as powerful as the Guyvers are,
it’ll take more than them to win this war. We could only hope what we
may find in the crashed ship would further help even the odds. . .
The interior of most
Creator vessels are filled with water like substance but since the Blue
Battle Armour was originally designed for use in outer space that it was
not hard for the designer to convert it into armour that could work
underwater. So it came as no surprise when the Warrior Guyver turned
around and said that only he, Sean and I where to go into the ship. I
may have been in command of the 4th Armoured Division but the
Warrior Guyver was in overall command so I and the men just expected his
orders. I didn’t realize at the time that the two Guyvers could already
feel the fact that the ship was definitely some kind of Creator tech.
You could sense that the two of them where talking to each other by the
body movement but there were no words coming from them. Then Warrior
Guyver turned around and signalled it was time to move in, I ordered the
men to find themselves some defensive positions while we secured the
craft.
The Guyvers again led
the way but this time though Warrior Guyver and Guyver US did not move
at their quickest pace as they did before, either because I was now part
of their team or now since they didn’t have any Zoanoids to worry about
that they were leaving me more time to catch up with them. You could see
the top of the ship above the water line so I simply command my Armour
to take off and then I flew on top of it. The Guyvers were floating just
above the craft as I landed and then Warrior Guyvers Control Medal
flashed as he signalled the vessel to open, then suddenly the ground was
literally taken from under me. When I hit the bottom, I looked up and
shouted "What the fuck do you think you’re doing Warrior Guyver!" at the
man himself. He simply shouted down at me "You should have expected that
Stephen".
Well there was no
damage done to my armour so I left it at that, just my luck the one spot
I decided to land on happened to be the door to the damn ship. Then
something I did expect happened, the area I was in filled with water as
soon as Warrior Guyver and Guyver US joined me. Once completely
submerged, an opening to the interior of the craft formed right before
us and we floated into the next chamber. Warrior Guyver grabbed me from
the back as he directed me through the spacecraft.
Fortunately the
strange liquid surrounding us allowed for verbal communications as
Warrior Guyver then said this ship was almost the same as the ship that
his unit was found in but his unit was thought to thousands of years
old. This news made me think, if there was a Warrior Unit inside, it
would have to be in use because who else would pilot this ship? This
unnerving question was answered when we entered the main centre chamber
of the ship where, according to Warrior Guyver, should be the place to
find the unit and inside indeed there was a Warrior Unit but above it
was the dead body of what looked to be a dead man though his eyes looked
very odd.
It was humanoid and
looked simply like a small human adult and Warrior Guyver floated up to
check whether it was really dead or not. Guyver US then shouted at me
that since I was already chosen to use the Warrior Unit that I had
better merge with it now. I had not seen the dormant Unit yet,
distracted by the dead alien. I grabbed the unit but because my armour
was hiding me from the unit that it did not react. Sean looked at
Warrior Guyver and this time they started to talk out loud.
“This must be a
Creator or some kind,” said Warrior Guyver turning to Guyver US.
“I agree, he might
look human but even dead he doesn’t sense like one. I’m thinking it was
one but what the hell is it doing here with a Warrior Unit? It must be a
War Ship? But it’s too small for it to be a War Ship, maybe a scout?”
“No time to speculate
Sean. The sooner we have another Warrior Guyver active the better!” said
Warrior Guyver turning back to me.
“Stephen get out of
your armour first! Don’t worry about the water, it’s breathable.” Said
Guyver US, by this stage I guessed they were really stressed about this
and time was of the essence.
So I did what they asked and
started to get out of the battle armour. Like they said as soon as the
helmet was off it took a few seconds but the water was breathable.
Unlike them though I could not talk, I guessed that was because my lungs
were flooded with water, but I’m no doctor so why really I’ve no idea
but that guess is as good as any. I reached down to the chamber that
held the dormant Unit, no sooner had I picked it up I felt something
click and the Warrior unit busted open and the organism within quickly
enveloped me. It took about a minute and I was unconscious for the last
part but when I came to, Warrior Guyver was looking at me straight in
the eyes.
“Huh, guys what the
hell just happened?” I asked.
“Your Unit while
activating went into self-defence mode but because my unit is also
Warrior Unit that I was able to stop yours, somehow before it did
anything,” said Warrior Guyver.
“Ok, well
we have what we came for, let’s
proceed with the General’s plan and get ready to leave,” said Warrior
Guyver 2.
Minutes later I was
outside; the men had done their jobs and were being picked up Stealth
Transports. But as the last of them was about to leave with ten of my
men a laser beam fired and cut through the transport like it was not
there. I thought for just a second I was imagining things when the
transport exploded before my eyes. Following it’s line I could see that
Chronos forces where approaching the site and we only had minutes to
either fly this ship back home or blow it before the enemy arrived in
force. Simply put we all knew if Chronos could get us stuck in a battle
in Ireland they would take advantage and counter attack in the USA while
we were not there!
“Not good, I better
see if I can pilot this thing,” said Warrior Guyver concentrating. His
control medal extended as he signalled the ship to take off, there was a
violent lurch but then nothing.
“It’s no good, the
ship’s too badly damaged, we’re not going anywhere in this thing,” said
Warrior Guyver.
“No choice then, you
better set the bomb Warrior Guyver 2,” said Guyver US.
“Okay, it’s a good
thing the general makes sure to equip us for any eventuality,” said
Warrior Guyver 2.
I then detached the
package from the back of the equipment left by my men, though not a
nuclear device; the bomb had the punch of a baby nuke and should be
enough to take out the craft out. I then set the timer for one minute
and hoped that it should be enough time for us to clear out.
“Okay guys, I do
believe it is time to make our exit!” said Warrior Guyver 2 as in the
background a full complement of Hyper Zoanoid Team Five appeared!
“We’ve one minute
before this blows?” asked Guyver US.
“Yes, do you think
they could stop it before then,” said Warrior Guyver 2.
“Yes,” answered
Warrior Guyver.
“Well guys, we’ve got
a whole minute, we better be fast!” said Warrior Guyver 2.
“I’ll take Zektole
and Derzerb!” shouted Warrior Guyver.
“And I’ll take
Thancrus and Elegan,” said Guyver US. That left Gaster for me. I was
about to ask why as I got a Warrior Unit was Sean taking more on but
then realised he was far more experienced than me. Though there was a
whole load of other zoanoids that needed to be cleared out of the area
as well.
And with that we all
charged our targets, Warrior Guyver took all of five seconds to chop
both of Zektole arms off while easily side stepping the charging Darzerb,
Guyver US similarly eliminated Elegan with a Pressure Cannon blast and
then began to sword fight with Thancrus, I then engaged Gaster firing
missile for missile but he then switched to firing his explosive liquid
spray and the blast knocked me off my feet as a Gregole zoanoid then
jumped on me but I quickly dispatched it after figuring out how to
extend my vibrational swords. It was only then I realised how easy it
was to access the weapons of the Warrior Unit. I shrugged off its
dissolving body to look up and see Gaster pointing his liquid arm spray
ejectors at me and saying "Time to die you pathetic excuse of a Guyver!"
Gaster barely had
time to say "Oh shit!" before I got up and blasted him away with a
Pressure Cannon. Whoa that was a rush, the armour definitely responded
to my will as Jason had said. I was then hit squarely in the chest by a
Vamore bio-laser blast. Stunned, I scolded myself for not paying
attention but thankfully I was unharmed, though now I was really pissed
off and prepared to send a full powered pressure cannon blast at the
surrounding zoanoids but something strange happened and the sides of my
arms started to glow as a cyclone of energy started to form and an
enormous blast erupted from my arms and shot forward, destroying
everything in its path for as far as the eye could see and I was left
with an enormous sense of power as if the energy from the blast had
somehow supercharged me. Both Guyver US and Warrior Guyver had finished
off their respective targets and had witnessed the blast.
“Remind me never to
piss you off,” said Guyver US.
“How the hell did you
do that?!” asked Warrior Guyver.
“I, I don’t know. I
just concentrated on making the biggest pressure cannon blast I could
and wham, I blasted half the country side away,” said Warrior Guyver 2.
“Whoa Warrior Guyver,
I do believe they have made some improvements since your units time!“
said Guyver US.
“No Guyver US, I’d
say he’s just different,” said Warrior Guyver.
Just then the
remaining zoanoids got up the nerve to continue the attack but time was
up and we had only a minute to clear the area, so we jumped into the air
and flew away just slow enough so Sean could keep up and so were still
close enough to hear the explosion as it destroyed the Creator ship and
took out the remaining and unsuspecting zoanoids. So mission
accomplished, Warrior Guyver and I grabbed Guyver US and accelerated to
supersonic speeds as we betted that we could beat the Stealth Transports
back home.
End of Prologue
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