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laser-z-beam · 3 years ago

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Wait, what was the episode called again?

...Ah geez.

#Fin watches Gatchaman

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katblu42 · 3 years ago

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Kagaku Nimpo Hinotori (Science Ninja Technique Firebird)

For @flashfictionfridayofficial FFF140 - Setting Heaven on Fire A bit of a strange interpretation, but I hope it fits. (Apologies if it feels rushed . . . I have to dash off to work!) Approx 576 words Fandom: Gatchaman (Science Ninja Team Gatchaman) Warnings: Flames, city destruction

Celestia, the world’s very first completely waste free city. The International Science Organisation had brought together many of the finest minds in relevant fields of engineering and design, including civic planning, sustainable energy, manufacturing and farming to make this idyllic place possible. The result was considered by many to be a city of beauty to rival the heavens. Which made it a prime target for Gallactor’s latest destructive weapon.

The inhabitants of Celestia felt the ground shake and heard the rumbling approach before the humungous metal monster came into view over the horizon. It took seconds for curiosity to turn to fear as they watched the hulking rodent mecha approach, it’s eyes suddenly glowing red before firing beams of light that combined into one searing ray of pure destructive terror. The first buildings hit immediately burst into flames and began to crumble. Terrified people began running, screaming, panicking in a confused mass attempt at escape that would ultimately prove futile for so many.

UN planes soon arrived to try and combat the monster, but their weapons were no match for the enormous rat. It toyed with them, swatting them from the smoke darkened sky with claws and tail alike while still wreaking destruction on the city beneath its cruel feet.

Citizens of Celestia still trying to flee as the ruins of their beautiful city burned around them looked up as a new sound joined the cacophony of explosions and shrieking metal meeting stone and concrete. Amid the flame orange glow of a fiery sky another aircraft was approaching – the familiar blue and red of the God Phoenix shining like a beacon of hope. The Science Ninja Team were here at last. Gatchaman would save them!

The God Phoenix circled and Gallactor’s rat mecha turned its full attention to the expertly piloted plane. It swooped and dodged away from razor sharp claws and laser beams from the eyes and the lashing tail. On one pass the God Phoenix fired her missiles at the monstrous beast, but they had no effect.

Witnesses on the ground were horrified to see their last hope against Gallactor’s mighty mecha suddenly caught in the clutches of a metal claw. Surely all hope was lost, there could be no way the mighty God Phoenix would escape now. They could hear her engines straining as the pilot tried to increase power, trying to break free and climb into the heavens. Then, in what looked like an act of ultimate sacrifice by the noble heroes of the Science Ninja Team, the blue and red of the God Phoenix began to glow orange. She was engulfed in flames . . . then it seemed as though she completely transformed. Gone were the pointed nose and sharp tail fins, the sleek blue wings with the red pods at the tips, and there instead, pulling free of the desperate grasp of Gallactor’s rat claws, was a flaming firebird. With a screech that could have been the triumphant call of a bird of prey, the bird-of-fire burst free and flew through the head of the rat monster and away into the sky.

The metal rat beast writhed and twisted as it melted and exploded, pieces falling amongst the ruined city as it was utterly destroyed. And when it ceased its final death throes a familiar engine roar returned to the sky above Celestia. The firebird was gone and the God Phoenix had triumphantly emerged from the flames.