This story is an homage to Ultra Seven, Tsuburaya and dedicated to The Youth.

#06 dark zone

T University Hospital, where YURI worked as a doctor, was near Ochanomizu Station, and among the five best hospitals in the world.
In the morning after her night shift, YURI was going up the stairs to her office on the seventh floor.
MOROBOSHI was supposed to pick up and take her to Mt. Takao hideout.
Entering the office, she felt different from usual.
"Anybody there?"
Light being on, she found a shadow, the size of human, sitting on the center of the long sofa.
The MYSTERIOUS dark zone looked as if it were hiding something in it.
YURI calmly asked it what it was.
Then DAN got there and moved his eyes slowly from YURI to the shadow.
The response of ET radar almost allowed him to wear the red glasses, the darkness let out, "I'm from Pegassa City.  I came to the earth with a mission.  But I got injured because I was beaten by a man whom it happened to hit when wandering about.  I've gotten some medicine, and if you don't mind, can I have a rest here for a while."
"Of course you can because it is a hospital here.  Some humans are violent, so instead of them I tell you I'm sorry.  We aren't violent, relax please," YURI was smiling.
"Are you COMRADE?"
"Yes, not INVADE."
COMRADE meant friendly aliens, not invasive.

Meanwhile, the other members of The Youth got astonished to hear some extraordinary top secret news.
One outrageously huge flying object, which could possibly be thought to be an artificial asteroid, was destined to hit the earth.
After deviating from its proper course for some reason, it lost control and now kept flying in a zigzag.
Finally in due course, hit our planet.
No doubt, the news would make all over the world get into a panic.
The authorities called repeatedly over the MYSTERIOUS thing, but got no response.
Every country was making its own preparation to carry out a defensive or an offensive.
In addiction, the global meeting was held for the deployment of interplanetary missiles.

In contrast to the urgency, the conversation peacefully continued between the terrestrial and the extraterrestrials in a small office.
"I see.  Your mother planet is wandering around without its orbit, isn't it?"
"Exactly.  PEGASSA is not so large as EARTH, but the technology is much more advanced than that of EARTH.  We have the only difficulty controlling our destiny.  We have almost hit another planet many times over until now.  Each time our technology has helped us survive.  All the time."
"Well, what is your mission?"
"I cannot say.  It's a secret.  But I want to tell this to you.  PEGASSA citizens are extrmely considerate of others.   So, even if our planet were going to hit EARTH, then it would decide to blow up at the sacrifice of itself.  Absolutely."

"Sorry, a moment."
DAN got a call from AMABE.
"MOROBOSHI, something incredible happened."
He understood everything and returned. 
Then, the shadow said.
"You just know it.  I know, you are The Youth, aren't, you?"
"If it is true, what are you here for?"
"You say, some people are violent on EARTH.  Likewise, some citizens are not considerate on PEGASSA like me.  I earnestly love our home, great PEGASSA.   I don't, never, want it to disappear, even if it has decided to blow up to save the beautiful blue ship.  I"m here to destroy EARTH for PEGASSA.  You will use your arms to destroy our ship.  I"m sorry, but EARTH technology cannot make it.  You do not have any consideration about others but  only for yourselves.  And cannot but swing us to the sword.  I will never forgive you forever and ever."
On having finished its words, the dark zone rushed running away out of the room.
DAN ran out after it.

Missiles had fired already at PEGASSA, but they could not make a single scratch at all, as the shadwow said.
They hit the planet one after another in vain.
By and by, suddenly it blew itself up as a fire went out.

Alien PEGASSA left the hospital in the direction of Suidobashi Station. 
They both ran too fast for anybody to see.
It turned left into Hakusan Street, passing Jimbo cho.
When arriving in Kitanomaru Park, it raise its hands up to the sky.
Soon an enormous black globe fell on the ground and went deeply down toward the center of the earth.
"PEGASSA blew itself up."
"EARTH is to blame.  An eye for an eye."
When DARKNESS aimed a gun at DAN, the lightning had hit the black shadow, which bounced the knife with a metalic sound.
It let the gun drop and ran away at full speed into the darkness.
Instead of chasing it, the young man with red glasses dived into the hole the globe had made.
The next moment, flew out up to the sky with the globe on his hands.
To tell you the truth, there was nothing dangerous with either the gun or the globe. 

Driving Beetle on the way to the hideout, YURI and DAN received a call from AMABE, hearing the news about avoiding a collision.
(There are a lot of nations and a variety of people.  Similarly, there are a number of planets and a diversity of aliens.  And someone loves others.  Someone only loves itself.  This collision trouble might have the world unite for a minute, but in a minute it will disunite.  Each one will restart its own battle.  Appealing its power by nuclear development or struggling for a small island in territorial issues.  They probably have reasons such as history, religion.  Even so…) 
"Human beings cannot realize a peaceful world for trvial reasons.  Nothing else is more important than life…" YURI interrupted in his mind.
DAN was surprised, "I'm thinking about the same thing." 
"Somehow, seeing the darkness reminds me of the dark zone, doesn't it."
"Where is he now?  I'd like to see and talk with the guy once more (as aliens of COMRADE)."


#06 the end