Ultraseven X reimagined plot outline

Chapter 2: Agent R

An attractive young woman gets off a futuristic tram and walks a couple blocks to her apartment building. As she walks the sky above her and the other pedestrians is littered with tv drones showing news shows and ads for various products as well as infomercials discussing why men are low in vitamin B ect. When she arrives at her building, she does a palmprint scan to gain entrance, and after walking through an expensive and large lobby enters an elevator. There is a monitor in the lobby with what appears to be an AI person telling her he found a song online she might like. She enters the elevator, ignoring the AI.

In her apartment, she looks around restlessly. She stares at her tv for a few seconds, which between news reports(One of which is about Ultraseven's fight with Galkimes) flashes the word UTOPIA. She moves to her desk and looks at pictures of what must be an ex boyfriend or husband and a photo of her parents with an obituary clipped from a newspaper taped to it. She sits and slumps. She sets her tv to static. She gets up and reaches for a bottle of water which she accidentally knocks over.

She see reflected in the water on the floor a tv drone flying by showing an image of the words UTOPIA and MUSIC. She sits back down and calls up the internet on her computer. She goes to a site called UTOPIA. Closeup on her eyes, images flashing quickly as reflected off her glasses. She also acts as if she hears something from the tv besides the static.

A taxi driver is waiting for business. Suddenly the woman yanks open the rear door and hopping in tells him to take her to the park. He looks at her confusedly starting to say its past 1 am, but she cuts him off and shoves money at him, pleading to go now, that the ship will be leaving soon.

After a harrowing drive through the city the driver parks the car near the park, which is near to a seaside shipping area. The woman leaps out of the car and runs into the park, where at least twenty other people are gathered, staring at the sky.

She asks someone when they are coming, and is told to be quiet. A hum is heard, and they all look up as one. They clearly see something but we are not shown what. The woman smiles, as a yellow beam envelops them all. And they vanish.

The next morning, K, driving Jin and Elea in his car, arrive at a house. The get out, and go up to the house. K states that he had to pull sone strings with the head of DEUS to get use of the safehouse, as its used normally to protect more important people. He hesitates and grins sheepishly at the others. Jin stares at him, saying for all. He knows he could wind up being a president or governer. Elea winces as they walk in. Jin asks if she is ok. She replies that she got hurt in the explosion she set off at the hotel.

Jin immediately wants to get her to a hospital, but she and K refute that. Jin demands to know why. K tells him if they put her in a hospital who ever is after them can easily find that out, and take her out or use her to get to Jin. K tells him that he'd made arrangements on the way to the house.  There is a DEUS medical system in a bedroom. K starts to explain to her how to use it, but she replies she has used one before. Jin offers to help her. She smiles and says she can do it. She starts to undress, and Jin and K, embarrassed, quickly leave the room.

In the living room, K asks Jin if he was having a nightmare when he was sleeping on the way to the house. He tells him he was writhing around in the back seat. Jin stares at the floor. He says he had a dream of being underwater, and he couldn't swim to the surface. He'd had it right before he woke in the hotel room with Elea. K posits it could have something to do with whatever made him get amnesia. Jin agrees. K asks him if he thinks he can trust Elea. Jin says that he isn't sure, but something in the back of his mind instictively trusts her. K laughs and says maybe they are lovers. Jin starts, saying no way. He isn't sure she's his type.

Before K can respond he gets a call on his armband. Opening it, he answers a call from DEUS. It is the commander of the agency, a man never seen, only heard. He informs K that the courier mission is to be put on hold as he is the only available DEUS agent in the area who can take on a new mission.

K asks what it is. The commander tells him that a third incident of a gathering of people disappearing en masse under strange circumstances has occured. The first was in America, the second in Germany. The new incident was in the very sector of the city they are currently in. The commander tells Jin that he needs to reinstate him as a DEUS agent since K will need assistance. Jin reluctantly agrees.  The commander gives them the location of the park. They will be allowed a few hours rest time but need to start investigating by 2 pm. The men agree.

K tells Jin he can take the other bedroom and he will sleep on the couch. Jin agrees. As he heads to the room he peeks into Elea's room. She is asleep. The monitor on the medicunit shows she has a couple broken ribs. "She got injured trying to protect me from those men. If she weren't actually helping me she wouldn't take that sort of risk." He stares at her for a second, gently closes the door and goes to his room.

That afternoon, Jin and K are at the park. K reads off a report from DEUS about the incident, which includes testimony from the taxi driver. Jin tries to understand the motivation of these people to gather together. He concludes it must be some form of mind control. K states that he has done some investigation at a distance on the previous incidents and there has been no evidence of anything like that. Jin then asks where did they even go?

 In reply K tells him that military and civilian air control services reported UFO activity in and around all locations. And the taxi driver reported a blinding light behind him as he left the park, along with saying his passenger was complaining that he needed to hurry as the ship was coming. That makes Jin start, and he has a flash of being underwater as there is a bright flash of light above him. K asks if he is alright. Jin responds yes.

K asks if his superpowers are dectecting something. Jin chuckles and says as far as he knows he doesn't have any powers like a sixth sense. And as soon as he says that, something catches his attention. Stuck in a branch of a tree is a small card. He runs over and grabs it. K runs over asking what he found. Jin looks at the card, which says in Japanese  and english "Can you accept the loneliness?"

K states that this could be a clue. Something makes Jin look around. K asks for the card, saying he is going back to the house to do some checking on the card. Jin Says ok, and states he will get a bite to eat. K tells him to keep his head down, as he is still being hunted by whomever these people are, and to get back to the house as soon as he can. Jin nods, and they part company.

Jin walks to a nearby resteraunt, pondering the case. He stops, feeling like he is being watched. He looks around but sees just a crowd of pedestrians doing their own thing. He walks on. He thinks about the taxi drivers statement, focusing on the statement the passenger made before getting out.

Once in the resteraunt and having his lunch, Jin notices a man watching him at a table nearby. The man walks over, drink in hand, and sits. He tells him that he should get on the ship. Jin asks what he is talking about, and deftly activates a still camera built into his armband. The man says that he can tell he is a man with a lot of problems on his mind and unhappy. He is a perfect candidate.

The man points to a tv to one wall of the resteraunt which is showing a news report on Ultraseven's battle with Galkimes. It shows clips that news drones got of the fight. "The Red Giant sure seems to be fighting to defend us of his own will" he says, looking sideways at Jin. "But is he? Is he in control of his own actions?"

Jin stares at him, getting suspicious. He asks the man who he is. In response he says that the ship taking people is simply helping them cope with their desire to better their lives. He asks if he doesn't want to better his life and go with them. Jin says that he believes the ship's crew has evil intent. He demands the man identify himself. The man laughs, and as he leaves the table he says that he is just someone who knows more than others do about alot of things. He leaves. Jin runs to the door, but he is gone. Jin pays for his meal and leaves.