This is the enemy's smaller UFO, the Helmet Worm.
Its maximum velocity is estimated at Mach 25.
Not only does it escape radar detection,
but it also appears capable of making itself effectively invisible.
It's no wonder the UN forces have been helpless against them.
Dr. Brest, you used the word "enemy" just now, but...
They destroyed an entire city!
What else could they be?
No, what I'm trying to say is:
if they are the enemy, we'd like to know what they are and what they want.
Their origins and their identity...
are unknown, unfortunately.
What we do know is that they possess technology so advanced that it is unimaginable on Earth.
Do we stand any chance of victory against such a horrible foe?
Of course.
We intend to build a new global air defense network
with the Sky Knight, a G-reactive weapon developed in secret by the Labyrinth Agency, as a key component.
Furthermore, once the Invincible —an airborne battleship currently under construction—joins us,
Earth's defenses will be stronger than ever before.
But isn't it impossible to completely fend off attacks from these invisible enemy forces
no matter how many new weapons we may line up against them?
This is General Horner, commander of the UN forces.
We are currently continuing our search for the enemy's forward base
on the assumption that it is in an offshore area approximately 1800 miles southeast of Metropolitan.
It is only a matter of time before we find their base.
Preemptive attacks are crucial for victory. We have the upper hand.
If there are no further questions, we would like to conclude this press conference.
It seems that around the globe, numerous dignitaries and their families have been disappearing recently.
Is there a connection between this phenomenon and the attack?
That is entirely possible.
However, we will never succumb to intimidation.
We will do our best to save Earth from peril.
What's the status on Sky Knight's repairs?
It will take another seventy-two hours, Doctor.
Will we be able to hold them off that long?
Our UN forces alone will only last twenty-four hours.
Please give us thirty hours.
We will do our best to make it launchworthy by then.
We're counting on you, Doctor.
The Labyrinth Agency is our only hope right now.
If you made it alive, why didn't you send word?!
I thought you couldn't fly unless I was covering you on the ground.
I made it thanks to Dr. Brest.
Dr. Brest?
Five years ago,
I was shot down by a UFO.
I was then taken in by the Labyrinth Agency,
and miraculously survived.
This is all news to me.
The existence of UFOs and the Labyrinth Agency were both classified.
Look what came out of that secrecy!
If they'd let the world know about the UFOs,
we'd have been able to better prepare ourselves against these invaders!
That's just arguing based on hindsight!
The Agency is our only hope to save Earth right now!
Please join us in the fight, Captain!
It'd really boost morale!
I'm sorry, but I'll need to think about it a bit.
Captain!
I don't completely trust you people yet.
We'll talk it over next time.
Let me buy you some wine then.
This is the UN.
All residents, please evacuate to Metropolitan-X.
We repeat:
This is the UN.
All residents,
please evacuate to Metropolitan-X.
I guess this is all I have in the way of things to take.
Fine, fine.
Where can I go to get milk?
Go to the pier up ahead.
Watch your step.
If only I'd predicted the UFO attack sooner...
I might've been able to save the city.
That's...!
No mistaking it!
That's the girl I saw!
Penny!
Lotta!
Thank goodness you're here!
I need to ask you to do something—
Hold on a sec!
I have no time for that right n—
Please!
Please find my little sister!
Little sister?
Though we're not actually related, we've been brought up as part of the same family.
But because of the mayhem the UFOs caused, we lost sight of each other...
What's your sister's name?
Mucha.
How old is she?
Three.
She still loves having fun and always plays tricks,
but that's what I like about her...
Is that strange?
No.
I guess this girl's family is a lot more complicated than I thought.
What did Emily and Dr. Brest say?
Well... things like, "She can't be alive,"
and "You should give up..."
What?!
She's your sister!
How can they tell you to give up so easily?!
Penny...
Hang on tight!
She'd always stay behind in the house by herself.
Whenever I came back, she'd always wrap herself around my legs...
So...
Don't cry!
It's not like you know she's dead yet!
Penny!
Don't give up.
There has to be a clue around here somewhere!
Mucha!
What's the matter, Washington?
Mucha!
Mucha...
A cat?!
Yes! She's my little sister.
But you said things like not being related and...
Yes... she is a cat, after all.
Don't treat pets like real family.
Oh? He's not part of your family?
Washington's my best friend!
What's the difference?
If I knew you were talking about a cat, I wouldn't have come!
Do you hate cats that much?
That's not it! I—
What's the matter, Washington?
Lotta!
Ultrasonic wave detected on sonar.
Wave pattern B.
It's a Helmet Worm!
Position?
Fifteen miles southeast of Metropolitan-X.
Isn't that near Dr. Brest's laboratory?
We have a report from Emily.
I'm sorry, Doctor.
I only looked away for a split second, and...
Tell me the details later.
More importantly, we've detected a Helmet Worm.
Please find her quickly.
Roger.
Lotta!
Washington!
That's...
Lotta!
Damn it...
I'm sorry, Doctor.
So it seems the invaders are involved after all
in the recent string of dignitary abductions...
We have no time for speculation!
We have to get her back as quickly as possible.
But what can we do?
We don't even know where the hostages have been taken.
No,
she must have been prepared for the possibility...
that she might get caught up in something like this.
After all, she has me for a father...
Any reports yet from the UN scouts?
Not yet, although they're continuing their search.
All they found was a capsized fishing boat.
That's it!
A-And who are you?
He's Lotta's friend, Billy.
I gave special permission to allow him to enter this room.
Please hear me out.
The average sea depth in that area is four thousand feet.
Ships wouldn't run aground there,
and the weather has been calm.
It's strange that there would be a capsized ship.
That's true, but...
Excuse me, do you know where the crew of that ship was taken?
Umm...
I have it. The Metropolitan General Hospital.
I'll go check it out.
Hey, you!
Emily, go with him.
Help him out, please.
Yes, sir.
They're in here.
Oh, it's you people.
You came too late.
Captain Clayton!
Why are you here?
I heard that a crew member was rescued by the UN forces.
But as you can see...
He's terrified out of his wits; I can't get any sense out of him.
Kinsha...
Where'd you go?
Please calm down.
What happened?
It's no use.
He doesn't remember anything.
No, that's not acceptable.
We need him to remember.
Miss Emily?
Please remember.
What happened to your ship?
What did you see?
A UFO!
A huge ball of light...
A ball of light came flying out of the ocean all of a sudden,
and I blanked out!
Please!
Please find Kinsha!
He's still out there!
Here's a map of accidents out at sea.
They're more spread out than I expected.
We thought we'd be able to narrow down
the enemy's location by connecting the points, but...
According to that crew member,
the Helmet Worm came out of the sea. Correct?
It seems we will need to thoroughly examine the ocean floor.
However, there is much we do not yet know about the ocean.
We need to be fully prepared.
Wait a minute, please.
There's no guarantee that the enemy base is stationary, is there?
Please make the accident markers light up in chronological order.
Err... Roger.
Just as I thought...
These accidents move northwest as time passes.
If they continue along this route, they'll reach Metropolitan-X.
SOS signal intercepted from point 101 in the Pacific.
It's the UN destroyer Lancelot.
What?!
This is the UN destroyer Lancelot!
We're currently under attack by a UFO!
SOS!
Is it a Helmet Worm?
So the enemy base is in this area...
Maggie, what's the status on the Sky Knight's repairs?
It will take at least another fifteen hours to complete.
What's that glimmer?
Another UFO?
Lieutenant, fire missiles straight ahead!
Just fire them straight ahead!
Now!
Roger!
What the...
This must be the enemy's forward base...
Lancelot sunk!
We have a report from the patrol plane.
An island has appeared at point 101 in the Pacific!
There aren't any islands in that area!
Impossible...
Were they rendering the entire island invisible?
That's it.
It's probably the island itself that is the enemy's forward base.
The island is moving at 30 knots.
At this rate, it'll reach Metropolitan-X in ten hours.
We didn't get it fixed in time!
Dammit!
These are images of the area taken and sent by the UN patrol plane just now.
Th-This is...
A charged particle cannon?
Not even Metropolitan-X will survive a direct hit.
Dr. Lee, please calculate the approximate firing range of the enemy's main cannon.
Walter, what is the current location of the enemy's mobile base?
Approximately 310 miles southeast of Metropolitan-X.
Nine hours remaining...
We must neutralize the enemy base before our time runs out!
There's no need for that.
The emergency session of the UN has just reached a decision.
At 0400 hours, our forces will fire a guided G-reactive strategic missile at the enemy base.
What?
We will make a preemptive strike before we come within the enemy's firing range.
That is our only viable option in order to protect the five hundred thousand civilian evacuees in Metropolitan-X.
Wait a minute, sir!
There may be hostages on the enemy base...
Lotta may be held hostage there!
That is mere speculation.
You have no objections, I hope, Doctor?
I understand.
Billy!
Please.
Two peoples' lives are at stake.
Well, I'd love to do it for your sake, young Master...
But as you can see,
we have no airworthy planes left after the air raid.
Dammit!
What are you thinking of doing?
I'll swim there if need be.
I will save Lotta, no matter what!
Want a ride?
It'll be a pretty long swim out there.
Captain Clayton!
That's the captain's plane!
You're awake?
Are you all right?
You looked like you were having a nightmare.
Lotta...
Where are we?
I have no idea.
It doesn't seem like we're in Heaven, though.
Were we... captured?
That doesn't make sense, though.
We're neither bound nor imprisoned.
I feel like we've become fish.
Fish?
Tropical fish can swim around freely,
but they can't leave their aquarium, can they?
So they're enjoying watching us swim around?
Let's go back to the outside world.
How?
If this is an aquarium, there has to be an "end of the world" somewhere.
Hey, back off a bit more, will you?
There it is.
So that's the enemy's mobile base.
We're going in.
Hang on tight.
Please hold up, Penny.
Why don't we rest for a little while?
How big is this place, anyway?
I can't believe we've walked this far and still can't see an end to it.
Penny!
It's a person!
He's waving at us!
Hey!
Oh hey, where'd you two come from?
Who are you?
I was sure surprised all right.
A big ball of light came a leaping out of the ocean, just like that.
My precious ship was sunk,
and I got separated from my friends.
It sucks, I tell ya.
Uh... yeah.
Penny!
This is...
Mucha's leftover food.
So we came back to where we started?
Sorry about this.
Wh-Whaddya think yer doin'?
Hold on to this and stay put.
My ma made that for me!
If you do that to it...
Lotta!
It's a wall.
Huh? What's goin' on?
It's an optical illusion.
Our balance system was disrupted,
so we were unable to discern the actual size of this room.
Wha?
As in, we thought we were walking in a straight line,
but we were actually walking around in circles.
Oh, I see!
If we follow this wall, there must be an exit somewhere.
Enemy base is 200 miles southeast of Metropolitan-X.
Velocity remains steady at 30 knots.
According to the electronic calculator
the effective firing range of their charged particle cannon
is approximately 16 miles.
Six more hours...
We have a message from the submarine Isolde.
"In position. Please advise."
Order the fleet to retreat.
Have the Isolde commence preparations for the immediate launch of the G-reactive strategic guided missile.
Aircraft detected above the enemy base.
It's civilian.
What?
We have a message from Emily.
"Will infiltrate enemy base...
...and rescue hostages."
What are they thinking?
This'd better work, okay?
Yes.
It occurred to me after observing several UFOs
that the enemy may be using specific frequencies to distinguish friend from foe.
If we have this device, which emits the same frequency as the UFOs,
they shouldn't attack.
All right, try it.
Stop that, you stupid dog!
We're going in!
Don't lick me!
It worked!
Wha—?
Perhaps not.
Hang on tight!
James here.
I'll cover you.
James... That meddler.
Mucha!
Now!
We did it!
Mucha!
Let's go while we still can!
An exit!
Where are we?
That's a UN fighter!
Lotta, do you have a mirror?
Y-Yes...
Signal lights?
We have a message from James.
"Found Lotta Brest and two others alive!"
What?
Halt the attack!
Isolde, maintain position.
Commander...
Thirty minutes.
That's all we can spare.
Thank you.
Get in contact with Emily!
Have her rescue the hostages, no matter what!
Emily!
Lotta!
Congrats, your beloved Madonna is safe.
Y-You've got it all wrong!
I'm just Lotta's friend!
You're risking your life for her.
That's nothing to be ashamed of.
Lotta...
Thank god you're safe.
Captain!
Lotta!
Civilian aircraft has dropped off our radar.
It seems to have been brought down by enemy fire.
What about Emily?
No answer, Doctor.
Enemy base has increased its velocity!
What?!
Velocity is now at 60 knots.
Three hours remaining until it comes into effective firing range!
What? A dead end?
The island's moving.
Don't be stoopid!
No way an island like 'dis would—
What da...?
You're right!
Mucha!
This way!
If only I could use the Sky Knight...
Where am I?
You're awake?
We made it?
Thank the dog.
He dragged you out of the plane after it went up in flames.
Th-Thanks...
Stop it, you stupid dog!
Let's hurry.
We only have thirty minutes until missile launch.
But how will we find those two when we're smack in the middle of enemy territory?
That sound...
Hey, where are you going?
Billy!
What in the world...?
An exhaust vent.
A what?
This tunnel must lead to the charged particle cannon!
There's no other facility that would require such a massive exhaust vent!
I see.
Then we're in luck.
Captain.
We will blow up the cannon!
If the potential for an attack on Metropolitan-X is eliminated,
so will the reason to hasten the missile launch.
I'll go too!
No, you can't.
Why not?!
If something happens, who'll save your beloved Madonna?
Do what you're here to do. Got it?
I'm done fer! I can't run anymore!
We should be able to buy some time with that.
Wh-What the hell?!
So we weren't the only ones who were captured.
Shit!
This way!
O-Okay!
Enemy base is now 150 miles southeast of Metropolitan-X.
Doctor, it would be too risky to let it come any closer.
Doctor...
Commander, please launch the G-reactive strategic guided missile.
Contact the Isolde!
Mucha!
Why are you here?
I know!
Hey, track this cat's scent.
Your master should be where it leads you as well!
I wonder if things will go so smoothly.
All right, go!
Prove that you're not such a stupid dog!
So this is the enemy's cannon.
If I can destroy this...
James!
What a strange coincidence, Captain.
It means that even though our paths diverged,
our destination was the same.
Launch code entered.
Commencing countdown.
T-minus 10.
8...
7...
6...
5...
4...
Flash of light detected on the enemy base!
What?!
Isolde has dropped off our radar.
That attack seems to have been from the charged particle cannon.
Impossible!
How far away was it from the Isolde?!
Thirty-two miles, Doctor.
An attack from beyond the horizon?!
So the enemy possess the technology to bend charged particle beams...
Watch out!
Penny!
Dammit!
Washington!
Lotta!
Emily!
I'm so glad you came to save me!
Mucha!
So I rank below a cat?
Wow, you sure did saved us back dere!
T'anks!
By the way, you're a total babe.
What's yer name?
Um, who are you?
In any case, I'm glad you're all right.
Let's get out of here.
Wait a minute.
What about all these people here?
It's too late for them.
They're all dead.
But that's...
This is too cruel.
Why do something like this?
It's because they're life forms totally unlike us.
They burn down our cities without mercy;
they capture and kill people.
Those who built this place
must think of us as nothing more than pests.
They'll pay for this.
I agree...
They have such advanced technology, and yet...
They use it as a tool for invasion?!
We don't have any time left.
Let's go.
For now, focus on survival and nothing else!
The cruiser Galahad has been annihilated.
Dammit!
Issue an evacuation order to the residents of Metropolitan-X.
Let's use that!
Are you sure you can fly it?
I've had an aviation license since I was six!
I can pilot anything that flies!
Or so I thought...
Leave it to me.
You're...
We'll be coming within the effective firing range of the enemy cannons shortly.
The time has finally come.
High temperatures detected on the enemy base!
Is this it?
Enemy base neutralized!
What happened?!
We don't know, sir.
The explosion seemed to come from within.
It looks like James and the others succeeded.
But... what about the Doctor's daughter?
Helmet Worm approaching.
What?
Err... No, it's one of ours.
Its identification signal is that of an ally.
Morse code detected.
"Succeeded in destroying enemy base and rescuing hostages."
"Will now return."
Billy and Penny succeeded in returning alive from the terrifyingly technologically advanced enemy base.
However, the enemy's identity remains a mystery.
There can be no victory until the mystery is solved.
The Super-Special Adventure Story, Project BLUE Earth SOS!
Stay tuned for the next episode!
Hi! This is Billy!
This is Penny!
Well, that was a tough scrape.
Yeah, tell me about it.
To describe just how tough it was,
it was like stubbing your little toe on a dresser, wasn't it?
They do say it's fine for boys to cry when they stub their little toes and lose their parents, after all...
Wait, you've got it all wrong.
But it seems like the next episode will be even tougher.
To describe just how tough it'll be—
Yeah, how tough?!
It's like stubbing your toe on Penny's face after he hasn't showered for three days.
Cut it out!
Excuse us!