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| By: Kenneth James |
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The Amazon was a dense, vibrant thicket of life.
Home to a huge range of wildlife, covering over five million
and a half kilometers of land, it was little wonder this place
would be a target for the demonic Desghidorah's hunger for life
energy. The planet-killing space dragon descended on the land
and quickly began to siphon energy out of his surroundings,
causing plants and trees to wither and die in seconds. Desghidorah
relished the meal, but even consuming this entire rainforest,
even the entire planet’s life energy, wouldn’t be
enough for him. His hunger was endless. The quadruped kaiju
flew low over the rainforest, allowing more and more life force
to be drained into his body. However, before his meal could
finish, the space monster was sent spiraling from the sky and
crashing hard into the ground with tremendous force, shaking
the ground for miles. Desghidorah roared in pain, shaking his
three heads to clear them from the impact, then looking up as
he got back to his feet, expecting to see his ancient nemesis
Mothra but instead finding a very different sight.
Ultraman descended from the sky, landing before
the cosmic terror. “SHIAH!” he bellowed, taking
his battle stance. For centuries the Ultras had sought to put
an end to Desghidorah and his equally destructive fellow Ghidorahs
that had so long ravaged the universe. He wouldn’t allow
this ancient evil to drain life on Earth if he had a choice
in the matter. He slowly circled the demonic hydra, which kept
all six of his sinister eyes on the Ultra Hero, each waiting
for the other to make the first move. Desghidorah wasn’t
known for patience and he was the one to shoot first, letting
loose a hailstorm of burning energy blasts from his mouth. Ultraman
was quick to roll forwards, dodging the assault and closing
the distance, quickly grabbing hold of one of the plant killer’s
necks and delivering a barrage of chops to it. He saw one of
Desghidorah’s other heads attempt to snake around and
bite him, but he managed to catch it under the jaw and force
its head up as it tried to let loose an energy bolt, sending
the deadly attack flying into the sky. However, the third head,
exploiting Ultraman’s vulnerable state, bit down on his
shoulder, discharging energy into him and causing Ultraman to
roar in pain. The attack forced the Ultra Hero into releasing
the other two heads, allowing each of them to take hold of one
of Ultraman’s arms, discharging energy of their own before
all three lifted him off the ground and slammed him back down
into it with great force. They lifted once again and threw Ultraman,
sending him crashing into the ground a good distance away.
As Ultraman struggled to get back up, Desghidorah
stampeded towards him, rearing up on his hind legs and crashing
down with his full weight on Ultraman’s chest, driving
him deeper into the wet ground. Desghidorah was quickly on the
assault again, trying to bite down on Ultraman as he was pinned
beneath him. Ultraman barely managed to move his head out of
the way enough to dodge Desghidorah’s vicious fangs, causing
the earth around his head to be uprooted by the space dragon’s
powerful jaws. Ultraman took the first opportunity he got and
crossed his arms in a ‘plus’ shape, letting loose
the Specium Beam from his upright hand. The burning beam of
energy tore into Desghidorah’s chest and sent him backpedaling.
Ultraman finally stopped the beam, but to his shock, Desghidorah
still stood! The space dragon had received a rather nasty burn
to his chest that was clearly extremely painful, but it hadn’t
been nearly enough to finish him. Ultraman looked down as he
heard a distinctive high pitched noise, his Color Timer flashing
red. The fight had only just begun and already his energy ran
short! He had to change strategy quickly.
Ultraman saw Desghidorah's central head let loose
a powerful stream of flames and leapt into the air, taking flight
and landing on Desghidorah’s back. He quickly sent blow
after blow into the hydra’s necks, trying to make a dent.
However, before he could make much headway, Desghidorah let
loose a powerful pulse of energy, blasting Ultraman off and
to the ground with a cry of pain. Desghidorah quickly turned
as Ultraman got back to his feet and bombarded the Ultra with
bolts of energy, sending blasts of earth and blazing trees flying
high into the sky. When the dust cleared, the wounded hero fell
to his knees in pain, his Color Timer flashing rapidly. Desghidorah
bellowed and let loose another volley of energy blasts, intending
to finish it.
Ultraman awaited his demise, regretting his failure…
but the hit never came. Ultraman looked up to see another giant
hero standing between him and his foe. Zone Fighter formed the
outline of a shield with his hands as they glowed, forming the
Hyper Barrier. The powerful energy field not only intercepted
Desghidorah’s onslaught, but reflected it back at him,
sending the space monster staggering backwards, roaring in agony.
Zone Fighter turned and helped Ultraman to his feet, the two
alien heroes exchanging a nod. Zone Fighter looked at Ultraman’s
timer, knowing the Ultra was in dire straights. He pointed up
and gave Ultraman a nod, then pointed to himself, telling the
Ultra to go recharge and he’d keep Desghidorah busy in
the meantime.
Ultraman was hesitant, but fairly certain the
Meteor Man was capable of keeping Desghidorah occupied until
he could return. He gave a nod and spread his arms. “SHUWATCH!”
barked the Ultra as he took off to leave Earth’s atmosphere
and recharge to continue the fight. Zone Fighter nodded as he
saw this and turned back to Desghidorah as the space monster
recovered from the last attack, Zone Fighter taking a battle
stance of his own.
Desghidorah roared in surprise at this second
similar being, not sure what to make of him. None the less,
Desghidorah roared and charged Zone Fighter, who was quick to
meet his charge, delivering a barrage of punches to his chest.
Desghidorah was quick to attempt a bite, but Zone Fighter sidestepped
it and gave a powerful kick to the back of Desghidorah’s
knee, taking the titan off balance and nearly toppling him.
Before Desghidorah could regain his footing, Zone Fighter sent
a rapid barrage of punches into his chest, quickly causing his
fists to move at blinding speed. The Uzi Punch managed to force
Desghidorah back a few meters before he lunged over the physical
assault and bit Zone Fighter by the throat, discharging energy
into the space man. Zone Fighter struggled in pain, trying to
free himself. He saw Desghidorah’s other heads lunge towards
him to clamp down as well, and managed to pull open the jaws
head he was presently locked in, allowing him to duck and causing
the two heads to crash into one another. Taking advantage of
the momentary daze the collision left the two heads in, Zone
Fighter leapt back and did a series of hand poses.
“Meteor Missile Might!” shouted Zone
Fighter, summoning missile-filled gauntlets to his wrists. He
quickly let loose a punishing barrage of missiles from one of
the bracelets into the thick hide of Desghidorah, tearing into
his flesh and earning roars of pain. Zone Fighter continued
this onslaught until his first bracelet ran out and quickly
brought the other one forwards, giving another barrage. By the
time the bracelets were empty, Desghidorah was surrounded by
a pillar of thick smoke from the explosions and impacts. Zone
Fighter slowly rose up, waiting in suspense to see if that’d
done the job. When the smoke cleared, Zone Fighter saw that
Desghidorah was still quite alive, though badly hurt and looking
worse for the wear as a result. Zone Fighter prepared to follow
up with another attack to finish the space demon, only to see
plants surrounding him wilting and dying as energy drained out
of them. Zone Fighter then looked up at Desghidorah, seeing
him regain his strength as he sucked it out of the surroundings.
Shocked, Zone Fighter took a step back, leaving
him open to a blast of the central head's fire stream, staggering
him back before a pair of energy bolts from the other two heads
blasted him clear off his feet and sent him crashing hard to
the ground, his head falling with a splash into the Amazon River.
Zone Fighter groaned as he tried to rise again, only to see
Desghidorah rear up and slam his entire weight down onto his
chest, earning a bellow of pain. Desghidorah’s outer heads
lunged down and clamped their teeth into the Meteor Man’s
shoulders, discharging energy into his body and burning into
his flesh. Desghidorah’s center head lunged back and launched
forwards, aiming to sink into Zone Fighter’s throat. However,
before Desghidorah could land the finishing blow, a circular
blade of blue energy flew in. Desghidorah reared up, causing
the blade to only leave a gash in his chest instead of beheading
him as it was intended.
Desghidorah looked up and saw Ultraman flying
back down, fully recharged and ready to assist Zone Fighter
in the battle. Having a short attention span, Desghidorah took
flight to resume his battle with Ultraman, quickly opening fire
with a barrage of energy bolts. Ultraman dodged and retaliated
with a Specium Beam, with the demonic hydra barely flying above
it. Desghidorah continued to fire, his onslaught forcing Ultraman
to dodge and put him on the defensive. Finally, Desghidorah
managed to get in close and clamp his mauls down on Ultraman’s
shoulders, burning into his flesh. Desghidorah took the opportunity
and flew straight down, slamming Ultraman into the ground with
great force and maintaining his grip.
Zone Fighter, his own meter turning yellow, stood
back up and saw the danger his partner was in. He threw his
hand forwards, letting loose a stream of arrow-like energy blasts.
The cutting beam flew through Desghidorah’s right wing,
cutting it off at the base. Desghidorah roared in fury and pain
as his severed wing fell to the ground. Desghidorah quickly
turned his attention towards Zone Fighter, preparing another
gout of flames. However, Ultraman had different thoughts and
quickly got back to his feet, throwing an Ultra Cutter and severing
the other wing. Desghidorah’s attack was cut off by his
own roar of pain and he swung his tail around, trying to hit
Ultraman, only for Ultraman to jump over it and grab his right
neck, pounding away at the head. Zone Fighter quickly closed
the distance and did the same with the left, trying to doubleteam
the tyrant. Desghidorah screeched in fury and let loose his
energy shockwave, blasting both heroes off him and to the ground.
The two managed to get back to their feet and stood side by
side. They rushed Desghidorah, dodging energy bolts shot their
way by the demonic hydra, huge explosions going off around them,
until they reached him and both sent fists and chops into his
front, managing to drive him back. They quickly saw Desghidorah
beginning to charge another energy pulse and jumped back to
dodge it. However, as surprising as it was, Desghidorah had
tricked them! The space monster reared up, driving his weight
into the ground, causing it to split open and towers of burning
flame to swell up from the molten depths of the earth, burning
and wounding the twin heroes.
Zone Fighter and Ultraman crashed wounded to
the ground, Zone Fighter’s meter turning red and Ultraman’s
own timer flashing. The two heroes managed to get to their feet
in time to evade another onslaught of energy, Zone Fighter going
left, Ultraman right. When they landed, they expected to be
under attack, but saw Desghidorah seemed confused as to which
one to attack first. Both heroes noticed that Desghidorah kept
focusing on the one who attacked him last. The two gave each
other a nod of agreement and decided to use that to their advantage.
Ultraman charged Desghidorah, getting his attention and forming
a barrier of energy to block an onslaught of energy bolts, allowing
Zone Fighter to close in and grab the horns on Desghidorah’s
right head in one hand and the jaws in the other. He pulled
them in separate directions, earning a resounding crack and
roar of agony. He leapt back, watching as the head’s separated
jaw hung limply, Desghidorah quickly turning and firing a stream
of flames from his center head. Zone Fighter quickly formed
a weaker energy barrier, the Zone-Barrier, to block it. Ultraman
took advantage and formed an Ultra Cutter, throwing it and sending
the severed tail of Desghidorah flying into the air. Desghidorah
roared in agony and turned left and right frustrated, not knowing
who to attack. His fury overriding his mind, Desghidorah fired
his energy weapons in all directions.
The two heroes managed to avoid the berserk rage
their tactics had sent Desghidorah into and got close, Zone
Fighter wrapping his hands around the left neck of Desghidorah
and Ultraman around the right. The two lifted with all their
strength, managing to tear Desghidorah off his feet and send
him hurling overhead to the ground a distance away. The twin
alien heroes nodded to one another, Ultraman crossing his hands
in Specium Beam preparation.
“Meteor Proton Beam!” announced Zone
Fighter with a series of poses, firing a beam of dark blue energy
from his crest, which collided with Ultraman’s newly fired
Specium Beam. The two finishing beams collided and combined
into a single beam that tore into Desghidorah’s body,
tearing into a burning his hide, sending bits of blazing flesh
and explosions into the air. Desghidorah tried to remain standing,
but the force and pain inflicted by the combined assault forced
him backwards, even trying to drain energy from his surrounding
failed him and he knew his time was done. He let out one last
agony filled roar before finally, he went up in a fireball,
the infamous dragon vaporized in a humongous explosion.
Ultraman and Zone Fighter panted, watching the
shockwave of the blast as trees’ limbs blew in its wake,
allowing them to follow it visually. They looked over at the
massive crater that used to be Desghidorah as chunks of rock
and trees rained down from the explosion, the terrible space
monster finally dead, though at the cost of a large section
of the Amazon Rainforest. Ultraman looked around at the still-burning
flames and put his hands together, letting loose a spray of
water and putting out the flames. While he did that, Zone Fighter
looked at Desghidorah’s severed tail. Realizing the relative
of Grand King Ghidorah may share his kin’s regenerative
abilities, he piled it and the severed wings together and stepped
back.
“Meteor Proton Beam!” Zone Fighter
called, doing the set up and firing the finishing beam once
again, wisely vaporizing the last remaining pieces of Desghidorah
to ensure he wouldn’t regenerate and plague the world
again.
The two alien heroes walked slowly over to each
other, both physically exhausted. The two looked at each other
for a few seconds before taking each other's hands and shaking
them, both glad to have this opportunity to fight by each other's
side.
“SHUWATCH!” shouted Ultraman, taking
flight and disappearing into the sky, Zone Fighter following
suit. As long as they stood to defend it, Earth would never
fall to evil.
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