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 ULTRASEVEN X REIMAGINED

             EPISODE 3 PART 1 HOPELESS

We open on a scene of Ultraseven fighting Miclas, an alien that looks like a wingless blue bat. That morphs into a first person scene of what seems to be Jin talking to a young woman named Anne, confessing his love to her. Suddenly he is ripped from the scene and finds himself in endless water. A bright light appears above him.

Jin sits up in bed. He looks around, remembering his surroundings. He, Elea and K are in a hotel room. He and Elea are in seperate beds and K is asleep on the floor. He calms down.

He thinks to himself that he may be finally getting some of his memories back... But has he always been this red giant? And who was that woman? He also remembers another snippet... A name... Ultraseven. Who is that? His other form's name, like a superhero?

He gets out of bed, quickly dresses and scrawls a note that he decided to take a walk. He creeps out of the room. As he shuts the door, Elea opens her eyes.

After some wandering, including stopping to listen to a news display that makes mention of both a country called Eastland that has been rife with rebels and a mention of an impending new gaming system,  Jin finds himself at a nearby playground. He thinks to himself about his situation:

"It's been about a week since this mess started. What am I? What exactly are we on the run for? Am I being studied? Maybe that is it. Maybe I am some sort of new alien or something, and Elea helped me escape. I need some answers."

He sits at a bench and watches a couple kids. The kids are acting each in turn like Ultraseven and playfighting each other. Jin slightly smiles as he watches them.

"At least I am able to protect people from these threats suddenly cropping up. And it makes me a bit of a celebrity. Or at least the other form is one."

Suddenly a strange little man appears, and sits next to Jin. A bit too close for comfort. Jin scootches away az the man speaks. He tells Jin that he looks like he could use some money to help himself out in life. Jin, confused, asks him what he wants. The man leans in close, and says to him, "You look hopeless, friend. You look desperate to survive. I can pay you well if you are willing to do something for me."

 He grins disturbingly as he says this. He offers Jin the Japanese equivilent of $30 an hour for helping to beta test the video game system he is developing. Jin asks who he is. The man jumps to his feet and does an odd dance as he says his name: Aichi Tamaru. "I am developing a holographic video game system and I need beta testers for our first game." Jin asks why he doesn't just go put ads in the papers or online.

 Tamaru says he prefers a personal approach, and that he also has invested most of his capital into the system. Jin, very suspicious, politely refuses. Upset but still determined, Tamaru hands him his card and says to call the number on the card if he changes his mind. He then walks off towards some high school kids. Jin looks at the card, and tosses it. He leaves the area.

Jin walks into the hotel room to an upset Elea and K. They demand to know where he went. Somewhat surpised at their anger he tells them he had another bad dream and decided to take a walk. Elea states he needs to tell them if he is going to do that, so they can keep tabs on him via his armband.

Now himself getting somewhat angry he asks Elea to start telling him what is going on. She and K look at each other. K says its her call as she has far more information than he does. Elea sighs, and says that they can talk on the way to the next stop.

 

In K's car, Elea tells Jin that she can't go into detail yet as he suffered brain damage in an accident, and she is worried that too much information will cause him stress and possibly do more damage. She does tell him that they are heading to Miyagi, for a secret meeting. Jin asks if it has to do with what he is. K chimes in that maybe he's some kind of government weapon or something.

Elea says it does and doesn't have to do with him. She tells them that she chose this way both for staying as low profile as possible and to give Jin time to heal. Once his memory is fully back he will be told everything. Jin, still annoyed but satisfied for now nods.  K says that they are near his cousin' apartment building and asks if they mind stopping by. He wants to check in on him since they are in the area. Jin and Elea both agree. K thanks them and they head on.

They pull into the parking lot of K's cousin's apartment building. Cut to them going to the cousin's apartment.  K knocks on the door. There is no answer.  A neighbor tells them that the cousin is at work. K is stunned. "Since when does Akimatsu WORK?!" The nieghbor says that he should be back in a couple hours. She also tells them he has been working 10 hour days and six days a week, having told her he is getting paid very well.

K decides they will wait. They decide to grab some food at a nearby resteraunt, where Jin bumps into a waitress who looks exactly like the waitress at the bar in ep 1. Jin, fearing that the people hunting them are around, tells the others and they leave.

They get back to the apartment building in time to see K's cousin walk up... But something is very wrong. He is staggering, holding his head and he looks unhealthy. K and the others run to him as he collapses. He tries to speak to K. K calls an ambulance on his armband.