Episode 2 Enter the Island Fortress! Metropolitan X on the Brink of Danger!
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This is the enemy's small-scale saucer, the Helmet Worm.
Its estimated top speed is Mach 25; it is undetectable by radar and,
as if that weren't enough, it's also equipped with a cloaking device.
So, that's why the U.N. Forces haven't done anything.
Dr. Brest, you used the word "enemy"...
They destroyed an entire city!
What else would you call them?
No, if we're calling them the enemy,
we want to know what they really are and what their objective is!
I'm sorry, but we don't know where they came from or what they are.
What we do know is that they possess
technological know-how far beyond what we can even imagine.
Are we going to be able to defeat such a terrible enemy?
Without a doubt.
It is the intention of the Labyrinth Alliance to construct an air defense network
with the secretly developed G-Reaction fighter plane, Sky Knight,
as its cornerstone, which will protect the Earth entirety.
And with the Invincible, the new aerial warship currently in production,
added to our arsenal, the Earth's defenses will be even stronger.
But no matter how many new weapons are developed,
we can't expect to fend off all the attacks of an enemy we can't see, can we?
I am Commander Hornor of the United Nations Armed Forces.
At present, we are continuing to search for the enemy's front-line maritime base,
which we believe is located somewhere in an area some 1800 miles southeast of Metropolitan.
Finding it is simply a matter of time.
Victory will go to he who strikes first. We shall seize that advantage!
If there are no more questions, I would like to conclude this meeting.
Recently, there have been frequent occurrences of family members
of leading figures from around the world going missing.
Is there any connection between these incidents?
That is a possibility.
But regardless of the threats that come our way, we will not waver!
We will do everything in our power to save the world from this threat!
What is the status of Sky Knight's repairs?
72 hours until completion of repairs.
Can you hold out that long?
Alone, the U.N. Forces can't hold out more than 24 hours.
I need you to give me 30 hours.
We need to have it ready for take-off by then.
Please, Doctor!
The Labyrinth Alliance is our only hope!
Why the hell didn't you get a hold of me to let me know that you were still alive?!
I didn't think you could fly without me keeping an eye on you from the ground.
I'm still alive thanks to Dr. Brest.
Dr. Brest?
Five years ago on that day...
I was shot down by that mysterious aircraft.
After that, I was taken in the Labyrinth Alliance and miraculously saved.
I was never told this.
That's because everything to do with the flying saucers
and the Labyrinth Alliance was top-secret.
And this mess is the result of that secrecy!
If the existence of the flying saucers had been disclosed,
we would have been better prepared to deal with the invaders!
That's an after-the-fact theory.
Now, the Labyrinth Alliance is the only thing that can protect the Earth!
Fight with us, Captain!
Having you on our side would be like having a hundred men!
Sorry, but I need some time to think about it.
Captain!
I'm still not sure if I can completely trust all of you.
We'll have to sit down and talk this over sometime.
I'll provide the wine when we do.
This is the United Nation's Armed Forces.
All citizens, please evacuate to Metropolitan X immediately!
I repeat: This is the United Nation's Armed Forces.
All citizens, please evacuate to Metropolitan X immediately!
Well, I guess that's all I have to pack.
I know, I know...
Where can I go to get milk? Please stay in your lines! Don't push!
You're approaching the pier. Move forward slowly!
Please watch your step!
I might have been able to save the city if I had anticipated the saucers attack sooner.
It's... There's no doubt about it! It's that girl!
Penny!
Lotta!
You're here at just the right time! I've got a favor to ask...
Just wait! Not right now!
Please! Help me find my younger sister!
Sister?
We're not sisters by blood, but we've been raised together as family all along.
We lost each other in all the confusion of the saucers' attack.
What's your sister's name?
Myusha...
How old is she?
She's three.
All she wants to do is play and mess around.
To me, it just makes her seem all the cuter.
Know what I mean?
Yeah...
So, this girl's home life is pretty messed up too.
What do Dr. Brest and Emely say about it?
They're saying that she's probably no longer alive,
and that I should just give up on her.
What?! She's your sister!
How can they say "just give up"?
Penny!
Hold on tight!
She was always watching the mansion by herself.
Once I'd get home, she'd follow me around everywhere.
And now...
Don't cry! It's not like we know she's dead or anything!
Penny...
You can't give up. There's got to be a sign of her around somewhere.
Myusha!
What did you find, Washington?
Myusha!
She's a cat?
Yeah! She's my little sister!
But since you said you weren't related by blood, I thought...
Yeah, well, she is a cat.
Don't act like a pet is part of your family!
So, this guy isn't part of your family?
Washington is my friend!
How's that different?
If I knew you were looking for your cat, I wouldn't have come here to look for her!
Do you really hate cats that much?
No! I...
What's wrong, Washington?
Lotta!
Super-oscillatory wave sonar reactions indicate pattern B.
They're Helmet Worms.
What's their location?
Bearing 15 miles southeast of Metropolitan X.
Isn't that close to Dr. Brest's laboratory?
We've got a call coming in from Emely.
I'm sorry, Doctor.
I took my eyes off her for just a second and...
I'll listen to your report later.
Right now, I've got Helmet Worms to deal with.
Find Lotta right away!
Understood!
Lotta!
Washington!
What's that?!
Lotta!
Too late...
I'm so sorry.
As expected, the invaders do seem to have a hand
in the string of abductions of leading figures from around the world.
I don't care about what you think right now!
Our concern is getting the Doctor's daughter back!
But what are we going to do? We don't even know where the hostages are being taken.
No, I think she had resigned herself to such a possibility.
She's been wrapped up in all this
because she was born as my daughter.
Have we had word from the U.N. Armed Forces about their investigation into this?
Yes, they're continuing their investigation
but the only thing they've found so far was a capsized fishing boat.
That's it!
Huh? Who are you?
This is Lotta's friend, Billy.
I gave him special permission to be here.
Listen to me!
The average depth of that area of the ocean is 4,000 feet.
There's no way a boat would run aground there, and the weather there has been calm.
It doesn't seem right that a boat would capsize there.
You do have a point there, but...
Excuse me, but would you happen to know where
the crew members of that fishing boat were taken?
Huh?! Well...
Here we go! They were taken to the Metropolitan Central Hospital.
I'll be back in a bit!
What?! You!
Emely, you go with him and help him out!
Understood!
They're this way.
Ah, you two, took you long enough.
Captain Clayton, what are you doing here?
I heard that U.N. Forces rescued that crew and brought 'em here.
But as you can see they're scared out of their wits and can't talk.
Kin... Kin... Where'd you go?
Get a hold of yourself. What happened? Kin... Kin... Where'd you go?
Get a hold of yourself. What happened?
It's no use. That guy can't remember anything.
No, I won't accept that.
It'd be a problem if he doesn't remember.
Emely?
You're going to remember. What happened to you on your boat?
What was it you saw?
A saucer! A gigantic mass of light!
A mass of light that came flying out of the ocean!
I didn't have a clue about what was going on!
I'm begging you! You've got to find Kin!
Kin's still somewhere in the ocean!
These are the areas of the ocean where there have been
occurrences of accidents over the past several months.
It covers a lot more area than we previously thought, doesn't it?
One would have thought that by connecting the points where the accidents took place
that we could narrow down the location of their base, but...
According to that crewmember's testimony,
the Helmet Worm appeared from right out of the ocean.
Seems like we ought to conduct a thorough search of the ocean floor.
But there are still so many unexplored regions of the ocean.
If we don't prepare sufficiently...
Wait!
What says the enemy's base is limited to a single location?
Light the points where the accidents took place in chronological order of their occurrence,
from the first to most recent.
Um, okay!
Just as I thought!
The sites of these accidents
follow a progressive line that moves daily to the northwest.
If it continues to follow that path, it will end up at Metropolitan X.
We're picking up a distress signal at point 101 in the Atlantic Ocean.
It's from Lancelot, a destroyer in the U.N. Fleet.
What?!
This is the U.N. Destroyer, Lancelot.
We're being attacked by a flying saucer!
SOS! SOS!
Is it a Helmet Worm?
So, the enemy's base is right here in the ocean.
What's the status of the repairs on Sky Knight?
Repairs will take another 15 hours to complete.
What are those dancing lights?
Could it be another flying saucer?
Number 2, fire missiles dead ahead!
Huh?
Just fire them dead ahead! Now!
Roger!
What is that thing?!
Is that the enemy's front-line base?
The destroyer's been sunk!
We're receiving a transmission from a patrol plane.
An island has appeared a point 101 in the Atlantic Ocean!
But there are no islands in that vicinity!
Impossible! They've got the ability to cloak an entire island?
It appears so. That island must be the enemy's front-line base.
The island is moving at 30 knots.
At that rate, it will reach Metropolitan X in ten hours!
We're too late!
Damn!
Here are the photos of the site that we just received from the U.N. Patrol plane.
That's a...
Is that a charged particle cannon?
Even Metropolitan X will be helpless against a direct attack.
Dr. Lee, I need an estimate of the range of the enemy's primary cannon.
Walter, what is the present location of the enemy's moving fortress?
It's about 310 miles southeast of Metropolitan X.
We've got nine hours. We have to stop that fortress by then.
There's no need anymore.
A special U.N. Council just made the official decision.
Today at 4:00 P.M., a G-Class strategic guided missile
is to be fired at the enemy's moving fortress.
The only thing we can do to save the five million refugees
is to strike the enemy's moving fortress first, before Metropolitan X is within their range.
Wait! There could be hostages being held on their base!
Lotta might be one of them!
We don't have any definitive proof of that.
Do you concur, Doctor?
Yes, I understand.
Billy!
Please! The lives of two people are depending on it!
I really wish I could help you out, but you see the condition of this place.
All of our planes were taken out in the recent attack.
Damn!
What do you plan to do?
I'm going to get there even if I have to swim!
I will save Lotta!
Want a lift? It's quite a swim, you know.
Captain Clayton!
Is that the Captain's...
Damn...
Back to your senses?
Are you all right? It seems like you were having a nightmare.
Lotta, where are we?
Well, I'm pretty sure we're not in Heaven.
So, we must have been captured.
But that if that's the case, you'd think we'd be handcuffed or locked up.
I feel like I've turned into a fish.
A fish?
Tropical fish can swim around all they want,
but they're still confined to their fish tanks, right?
So, our captors are just enjoying watching us swim around?
Let's go. Let's get out of here.
How?
If we were put in this fish tank, there has to be a way out.
Hey, back off a bit!
There it is.
That's the enemy's moving fortress!
We're going in! Hang on tight!
Wait up, Penny.
Can't we take a little break?
How big is this place?
We've walked this far and still there is no end to it in sight.
Penny!
It's a person!
He's waving! Hello!
Huh?
Hey, where'd you two come from?
Who are you?
Yeah, it scared the bejesus out of me!
This big mass of light came flying out of the ocean all of a sudden,
capsized our boat and tossed my mates so far
I didn't know where all my buddies were anymore!
Wow...
Penny!
Huh?
What's this?
It's what Myusha didn't eat before.
So, we're back where we started?
Huh?
Sorry about this.
Hey, what are you doing?!
Hold this and don't move.
Hey! My mom knit that for me!
Don't do that!
Lotta!
It's a wall!
Huh? What the heck is going on here?
It's an illusion.
It threw off our sense of balance,
and because of that we were unable to ascertain the real size of this room.
Huh?
Basically, one believes they're walking in a straight line,
but they're actually just walking in circles.
Ah, I gotcha.
If we follow this wall, we should be able to find an exit.
The enemy fortress is 200 miles southeast of Metropolitan X.
It's continuing to approach at 30 knots.
According to our calculations,
the range of the enemy's charged particle cannon is about 16 miles.
We've got six hours...
We're receiving a transmission from the submarine, Isolde.
It has reached its destination and is awaiting further orders.
Have the fleet retreat.
Prepare the G-Class strategic guided missile for launch!
We're picking up an aircraft in the airspace above the fortress. It's a civilian plane!
What?!
We're receiving a transmission from Emely.
"We're going to enter the enemy fortress, and rescue the hostages."
What the hell are they talking about?
Are you really sure about this?
Yeah, it hit me after observing those saucers several times.
They distinguish themselves from their enemies
by means of emitting a specific radio wave frequency.
If we use a device capable of emitting such a frequency,
I'm almost positive they won't attack us!
Good! Let's do this!
Get off me, you stupid mutt!
Here we go!
Yuck! Don't lick me! Here we go!
Yuck! Don't lick me!
It worked!
What the...
It looks like that may not be the case.
Hang on tight!
Oh damn!
This is James. I got your back!
That punk, what a show-off!
Myusha!
Now!
Yeah!
Myusha!
Come on, let's go!
There's an exit!
Where are we?
That's a U.N. Fighter!
Lotta, do you have a mirror?
Um, yeah.
A signal?
We're receiving a transmission from James.
He's sighted Lotta Brest and two others alive!
What?!
Hold the attack! Isolde remain on stand-by.
Commander!
You've got 30 minutes. I can't wait longer than that.
Thank you.
Contact Emely! We need to rescue those hostages!
Emely!
Lotta!
That's great, isn't it? You're little sweetheart is fine!
That's totally wrong! We're just friends!
Hey, you're laying your life on the line for her. It's nothing to get embarrassed about!
Lotta, you're safe!
Captain!
Lotta!
The civilian plane has disappeared from our radars!
It looks like it's crashed.
What about Emely?
She's not responding!
The enemy fortress has increased its speed.
What?!
It has increased its speed to 60 knots!
The enemy will have us in firing range of its charged particle cannon
in approximately three hours!
What's this? A dead end?
This island's moving.
That's ridiculous, islands don't move.
It is moving!
Myusha!
This way!
Damn! If I could just use Sky Knight!
Where am I?
Regained your senses?
We were saved?
If you're going to thank anyone, thank that dog.
He's the one that dragged you out of the burning wreckage of the plane.
Th... Thanks...
Get off me, you stupid mutt!
We need to hurry! We've only got 30 minutes until the missile is launched.
But how are we going to find the two of them when they're surrounded by the enemy?
What's that sound?
Hey, where are you going?
Billy!
What is this thing?
It's an exhaust port.
What?
This tunnel must be connected to the charged particle cannon.
I can't think of anything else that would require such a huge exhaust port.
I see... Well, isn't that convenient?
Captain!
We're going to blow up their cannon.
If we can eliminate the threat of that cannon blowing up Metropolitan X,
the U.N. Won't have to be in such a rush to launch that missile at this island.
I'm with you!
Oh no, you don't.
Why?!
If that things don't work out, who's going to be around to save your little sweetheart?
You got your job to do, all right?
I can't do it! I can't keep running.
That should buy us a little time.
What the?! What is this?!
So, we weren't the only ones to be captured.
Oh no!
This way!
The enemy fortress is continuing its approach
and is presently 150 miles southeast of Metropolitan X.
Doctor, if it gets any closer, we will be in imminent danger.
Doctor?
Commander, launch the G-Class strategic guided missile.
Notify the Isolde!
Myusha!
What are you doing here?
That's right! I want you to follow Myusha's scent.
You do that, and we're sure to find your master!
I wonder if it will really be that easy?
All right! Let's go!
I want you to prove to me that you're not just some stupid mutt!
So, this is the enemy's cannon?
If I can just destroy this thing...
James!
Fancy meeting you here, Captain.
Though our paths may differ
our destination is one and the same.
Secret code entered. Countdown commencing.
Launch in 10 seconds...
8... 7...
6... 5... 4...
We're picking up some flashing lights from the enemy fortress.
What?!
The Isolde has disappeared from our radar!
It looks like it was hit by the charged particle cannon!
Impossible!
What was its distance from the Isolde?
32 miles!
It was an attack from beyond the horizon?
That would mean they have the technology to bend charged particle beams!
Watch out!
Penny!
Dammit!
Washington!
Lotta!
Emely!
I'm so glad to see you! You've come to save me!
Myusha!
Even the cat outranks me?
Oh, you saved us!
Thanks!
And this amazing beauty... What might your name be?
Um, whose name would you be asking about?
At any rate, I'm glad you're all okay.
Let's hurry up and get out of here.
But wait! What are we going to do with all of these people?
It's too late for them. They're already dead.
But...
This is too awful... Why would they do this?
It's because they are totally different creatures from us.
Without any apparent reason they burn our cities.
They take people hostage and murder them.
Those who built this thing regard us as being nothing more than vermin.
I won't stand for this!
You're right.
Using such advanced technology as nothing but a means of invasion...
We're running out of time. We need to get out of here.
The only thing that concerns all of us right now is survival.
The cruiser Galahad has disappeared!
Dammit!
Give the order to the citizens of Metropolitan X to take shelter!
Let's take this!
Think you can fly it?
I've had my license from the Aviation Bureau since I was six!
I can fly anything!
I think...
I'll take over here.
You...
We'll be in range of their charged particle cannon shortly.
They're already here...
There's a high thermal source reaction taking place on the enemy fortress!
So, this is it?
The enemy fortress is gone!
What happened?!
I don't know! It seems like it suffered an internal explosion!
It looks like James and company have taken care of business.
But what about the Doctor's daughter?
We've picked up an approaching Helmet Worm!
What?!
Wait, it's one of our guys.
The ship's emitting an allied signal
and we're receiving a Morse code transmission.
"We have blown up the enemy fortress and rescued the hostages."
"We're coming home."
Billy and Penny return victoriously from the dreadful, high-tech enemy fortress.
But they still don't know who or what their enemy really is.
Their victory will be short-lived if they don't solve the riddle!
Be sure not to miss the next episode
of our super-special sci-fi adventure, "Project Blue Earth SOS"!
Na mo naki hoshikuzu no shirabe
Tabibitotachi no michishirube
Imi no nai sonzai nante nai
Dakishimeta ude no nukumori
Hitomi no kienai tomoshibi
Daiji na mono wa itsumo chikaku ni aru
Nando demo yobou kimi no na wo
Sekai ni hitotsu no akashi dakara
Kobaruto no tsubasa hirogete
Sotto kanashimi mo yorokobi mo tsutsumikomu
Atarashi asa ni kaze no ubugoe
Hi! This is Billy!
And I'm Penny! Hi! This is Billy!
And I'm Penny!
What a disaster all that was, eh, Penny?
Next Episode Preview What a disaster all that was, eh, Penny?
Next Episode Preview No kidding! It was a huge disaster!
A big fat disaster!
Like a stubbing your pinky toe on the corner of your dresser disaster!
Episode 3: The Invaders & Their Evil Powers Yeah, you know what people say: It's okay for a boy to cry
Episode 3: The Invaders & Their Evil Powers when he stubs his pinky toe on the corner of his dresser or his parents die.
Episode 3: The Invaders & Their Evil Powers That would be quite a disaster, you know! Well, I guess those aren't quite the same.
Firing Up the G-Reaction Engine! That would be quite a disaster, you know! Well, I guess those aren't quite the same.
Firing Up the G-Reaction Engine! But it looks like there are just bigger disasters to come!
Big fat disasters!
How big and fat of a disaster?
A disaster like having what you stubbed your pinky toe on
turning out to actually be your face that you haven't washed for three days.
That's enough out of you!
See you next time! See you next time!