ULTRASEVEN X REIMAGINED

              Episode 6 pt4

Takao is sitting in his apartment, once again looking out his window. He notices a star that appears to be growing. Confused, he looks closer and realizes its not a star at all. It is the alien creature, and it flying straight for his open window. He starts to get to his feet, but the creature makes contact with his head and he passes out.

The next morning, he awakes. He looks around, and touches his forehead. He whispers, "What the hell happened?" He hears a woman's voice say, "Don't worry Takao." He looks arlund and asks who is there. "There is nothing to fear. Takao, I have found you. Found my companion." The creature phases out from his chest, and we see a close up on his face as there is a golden glow. He smiles.

Not long after, the gang meet in the parking lot of the motel. S says that she had gotten a report from command that the creature was sighted the night before at Beta Sector 413, near an apartment complex. Jin starts at that. K says that they need to investigate. Elea says she will stay behind and see what she can glean from the reports. S nods and says they should move out. She and K walk off. Elea walks over to Jin and says that they need to talk. Jin says they absolutely will, as soon as they get back. They stare at each other, she nods and walks back to the room. Jin pulls out the slip of paper Takao had given him. The address reads BETA SECTOR, HIGLAND APARTMENTS APARTMENT #323.

Jin arrives at the building. He looks around, worried K or S may show up. He walks to the main door and walks in.

He is on the 3rd floor, walking down the hallway. He stops at door 323. He tries knocking. No answer. He looks about, and using his superstrength he is able to break the handle so he can open the door. He slides it open, and closes it once in.

He looks around at Takao's space collection. A phone on a desk starts ringing. After a few seconds Jin decides to answer it. It is Takao's supervisor. After telling the supervisor he is a friend who dropped in to find him not at home the supervisor says he needs to know why Takao was a no call no show to work. Jin says he doesn't know but will find out. He ends the call, clearly worried.

It is now afternoon at the bar Takao frequents. Jin comes in. Alisha is just relieving the bartender for the morning. Jin asks her if Takao came in. She says she just started. The ither bartender, a man, says that Takao usually shows up just before Alisha starts her shift. But not today. Jin smacks the back of a chair.

His armband goes off, and he answers the call. S tells him that command detected a UFO coming out of a river near the park they had encountered the creature. Jin asks why it was picked up before. S assumes the ship had some sort of jamming capability. She sayss she and K are heading there. Jin nods and ends the call. Alish asks if Takao is ok. Jin quickly writes down his armband's phone number and tells her if he shows up to let him know. He then runs out of the bar, leaving Alisha and the other bartender confused.

Jin runs down the street, and suddenly discovers he has superspeed, which he desperately uses to get to the park before S and K.

Jin arrives at the park. The UFO, which is about 50 feet long and twenty feet tall.  It is built from bare gleaming metal, with a front end shaped like a birds head and neck(which is where the cockpit is as the two "eyes" are clearly windows), a center area that houses retractable landing gear, along with a couple windows, and the rear area which houses the green glowing engine spheres and a large metal peacock like tail which rises up another 20 feet above the ship.

As Jin stops, he sees Takao. And someone is with him. A golden skinned and glowing woman. She appears dress in a golden bodysuit, but Jin notices that it is either covering her hands and boots as a full body suit or she is actually naked, but he isn't certain. Takao sees him, and grins brightly. The woman, a worried look on her face, steps behind Takao. Takao tells Jin that he will finally see space. Jin says that he can't be certain the alien is on the up and up. Takao looks lovingly at her and says she chose him.

Jin steps forward and asks her what she wants with Takao. The woman steps forward as well, and says she has been searching for a companion. She looks at Takao, and smiles, saying, "And someone to love." Jin takes out the Ultra Eye. She notices this, and thinking it a weapon says that she is not a threat. She is the last of her race, and lonely. Takao walks up, and says to Jin its the truth. Jin still distrusts the woman. She then plants her memories into Jin's mind.

He sees her world, and her people. She says that her race worked to evolve themselves beyond flesh and blood and become one with spacetime. She then shows him that as they came close to their goal an asteroid hit their world, causing catastrophic environment calamities.

She says that as a result of everything they went through, most of her race died. The survivors left their world and continued to work on the evolution of their species. She said that the project continued for hundreds, then thousands of years. She finally was the only one left. But she had attained the highest evolved form she was capable of. She became effectively immortal. But for what purpose?

Her entire species was dead. She had then traveled the universe, looking for a companion so she wouldn't be so unbearably alone. She was feared and attacked on most planets she visited, and on the ones where she wasn't feared the inhabitants wanted to capture and study her, to learn the secret of her immortality.

She continued her journey. She wound up on Earth, and met Takao. Like her, he feels alone and lonely. And he is desperate to leave Earth. The vision ends. Takao says he finally will get to go to space, to travel the universe with her. She grabs his hand, and says that she found not only a traveleing companion but a soulmate.  Takao looks at her lovingly, and she returns the look.

Jin is moved. He says that Takao is a good man. He claps Takao on the shoulder. The woman thanks Jin for understanding. Jin nods, then thanks Takao for helping him. Takao looks confused. Jin tells them he has been dealing with amnesia for some time, and meeting Takao again enabled him to recall memories. Takao smiles and says he is happy he was able to help. The woman says they'd better leave. Jin nods. Takao says that he hopes Jin fulfills his destiny. The two step back as a light beam envelops them. They kiss as they are beamed aboard the ship.

Jin shouts to wait, and puts on the Ultra Eye, turning into Ultraseven.

S and K, having seen the light, run over to a walkway nearby. They see the ship rising into the air, followed by Seven. They both zoom into the sky. S grabs K and says that the creature wasn't a threat. K looks at her confused, and asks how the hell she knows that.  Tears form in her eyes and she says that Jin just projected it to her mind.

Seven follows the ship into Earth orbit. The ship slowly turns to face him, and he sees Takao sitting in a seat. The woman has returned to her natural form and is floating next to him. Takao grins and waves. Seven salutes them as the ship turns back around and warps away.

An hour or two later, Jin walks back into Alisha's bar. Alisha offers him a drink. He takes it. He tells her he found Takao. She immediately asks if he is ok. He smiles and says yes. He just had to take a trip. She looks sad. Jin can tell she is in love with Takao. He tells her that Takao said to tell her he cares alot for her and will miss her. He sayas Takao hopes to come back soon. She lowers her head and nods. Jin can tell she knows he is lying. Je feels guilty. She suddenly says that he should go see his girlfriend. Jin looks at her confused. He says he doesn't have a girlfriend. She smiles and says that she can tell. He can't hide it. He finishes his drink and pays her. He says she is right. And he plans to talk to her.

Jin arrives back at the motel. K's car is loaded and ready to go in the morning K and S are both in bed. Jin is about to go to bed himself, but he notices Elea at the lookout point he was at, looking at the stars. He goes across the street.

He walks up alongside her. She turns and they look at each other. She starts tearing up. She apologizes to him. He smiles and says he already forgave her. They hug, and they look at the stars.