"Forgive me, Tetsu-san! I have urgent matters to attend to. As you can hear, my communicator has alarmed. It must be a city-wide emergency. Professor Uri is asking for all Mecha R's to report at once!"
Mr. Tetsu likewise rose to his feet, as did the class, "Go Makoto! Proceed at once and may the kami be with you!"
Makoto bowed and ran from the room, as he leapt from the doors of the school he quickly noticed the eerie calm that fell over his city, Yokohama. The clouds were grey, but mottled oddly. The ever present breeze was stilled. What monster are we dealing with today? His eyes narrowed as he saw that no one was watching.
"Mega Force Ultra 8!" He shouted as he made the kanji of 'power' and 'wind' with his hands and arms. The Mecha R super robot armor appeared on his body, protecting him from harm. His wrist communicator made a victorious noise and Makoto knew he had successfully transformed into one of eight powerful robots that protected the metropolis of Tokyo. He could hear Professor Uri in his headset.
"Makoto we have a profound emergency! Mecha R 3 and 7 are already fighting in Saitama - there are three sea creatures there. We need you, Mecha R 8 to get to the port as we see at least one creature there, overturning fishing boats. Mecha R 2 will be joining you shortly!"
"Yes sir! I am on my way!" With that Makoto triggered power jets in his back and feet to launch into the air, and toward the port, which was just south-east of his school. While he made the leap, he bent his arms to turn the jump into flight. He checked his munitions and noted that he was at full strength. He nodded the validation and made a call to his teammate, Hex."Hex! Please report on the situation at the harbor..."
Hex had a wheeled chair that helped him move through-out the cavernous control center of the Imaginauts HQ. He had to be able to turn the right dials and start the right mechanics if they were going to win the fight. "Makoto! Good to hear from you! There is a Class B creature from the sea. It has overturned several fishing boats and threatens to make it to the city. You must stop it from extending beyond the port. Lives are in the balance!"
"Thank you Hex. I see the creature now!"
Below Mecha R 8's scanners, a large creature, made from seawood and oil, was writhing its long tentacles all over the harbor, crushing some fishing boats, while overturning others. People were swimming to pier and scrambling up the netting. Luckily, the creature doesn't appear to be concerned with people, just the boats. Then, the creature dismantled key sections of the ships and made itself make-shift armor. Makoto gasped. He is making himself more powerful with the addition of the steel from those ships! He noticed that the creature could also use the oil and gas from the harbor as a powerful weapon. I must be careful!
Makoto turned on Mecha R 8's amplified speakers, "Creature, I do not know if you understand me, but you must stop this unprovoked attack. Do you hear!?" The creature only returned a barrage of oil and fire at him, which singed his armor. If Makoto had not made an unparalleled movement at the last second, he would have been destroyed. So that's the way it will be...
Mecha R 8's chest opened to reveal a series of missles, "Let's open with fire for fire!" Makoto released the missles at the creature. The explosion was fantastic and lit the bay for a short period of time in red light. The creature screamed.
Makoto drew Mecha R 8 from the port, hopefully to lead the creature away...the plan worked!
The Class B creature then used all of the ships it had captured to create a body. It stood on three legs and shielded its body. It didn't work! This time, it was the creatures time to attack - it was able to produce small bombs, launching them all at Mecha R 8.
Makoto was barely able to survive the attack, but did sustain damage. He did have wrist guns. He fired them at the beast while slowly receding toward the ocean. I must get him away from the city.
The guns didn't do damage, Makoto could tell, but it did keep the attention of the beast. It was then he heard his teammate on his headset, "Mecha R 8 this is Mecha R 2. Do you need assistance?"
"I do, thank you Mecha R 2. Missles don't seem to work, do you have any ideas?"
"Hm. You've done an excellent job leading him from sure. Perhaps we need to figure out a way to put this seaweed creature on ice?""Excellent! What do you propose?"
Mecha R 2 flew across the path of the creature to keep its attention toward the ocean, "We can do this, we just need to think!"
The creature enveloped more boats and was making its way to a container frigate.
"Whatever the plan is, we must find it quickly!"
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