[UltramanReddo]

Episode 12: Terror of the Smog Monster
Monsters: Hedorah (Showa version)

It was 5:00 in the morning and a young man was walking towards a factory where he works at. He had short black hair and wore a red flannel shirt with blue jeans. When he got to the factory, he stopped and stared at the smoke coming out of the smoke stacks.
"Just think about it," he thought, "In a few years, there will probably be no more clean air."
He let out a sigh. He walked towards a railing. He looked at the ocean, which had a ton of sludge and sewage in it. The man let out another sigh as he turned his head and saw a sewage point near the factory which sewage poured out of it.
"Well," he thought, "No clean water either."
He continued looking out at the sea until he spotted a lump near the sewage. He couldn't make out what it was, but it appeared to be moving. Then, two red eyes appeared on it. Seeing those eyes, the man back away in fright and ran into the factory. Seeing the man run off, the object with the red eyes went underwater.

At 9:30 in the morning, Captain Honda was sitting at his desk in his office, listening to the radio. A news report was on.
"Local factory worker, Masato Hata, reported seeing an mysterious object with red eyes in the ocean," a female voice on the radio said, "He believes it was a monster."
"Interesting," Honda thought.
"Masato claims that he saw the "monster", this morning at 5, in the ocean near sludge and sewage," the female voice on the radio continued.
Captain Honda turned off the radio and reached for his microphone. "Attention JMP," he said over the microphone, "Report to the garage, immediately. That is all."
With that, he got out of his chair and left his office.

Godzilla Junior was swimming around the ocean near Monster Island. He saw a school of fish nearby and swam towards them. He was hungry and fish was definitely on the menu. He was about to clamp his jaws on a unsuspecting fish when he notice a strange object swimming towards them. The object appeared to be a blackish color and had red eyes. Godzilla Junior snarled and fired his Atomic Ray at it. The ray hit it, but the object kept moving. Junior fired again, but like last time, it failed. Junior snarled again and swam towards the object, ready for battle.

The JMP crew had arrived at the factory, where the "monster" was sighted. Captain Honda was questioning Masato.
"Did you get a good look at what you think is a monster?" Captain Honda asked.
"Kinda," Masato answered, "It just look like a big lump of sludge with red eyes."
"Sludge?" Captain Honda said, confusingly.
"Yeah," Masato replied, "The monster was swimming in the ocean surrounded by sludge and sewage."
"I think that's all I need to know," Captain Honda said.
Dan and Keito approached him.
"Who is this monster?" Dan asked.
"What kind of a threat will it be to our planet?" Keito asked.
Captain Honda grunted. "We'll talk about it at base," Captain Honda said.
He turned to Masato. "You're coming with us," he said to Masato.
Masato nodded. Captain Honda, Keito and Dan walked to the HydraCraft.

Godzilla Junior burst out of the sea, gasping for air. He swam towards the shore. When he reached shore, he collapsed on his side. He began to cough up black fluids. Something was definitely wrong.

At the base, Captain Honda was at his desk in his office. Masato sat in a chair in front of him.
"I may know who this monster is," Captain Honda told Masato, "It is known as Hedorah. It first appeared around 1971. It is a creature from outer space that feeds on pollution."
Masato was silent for a minute, then spoke up. "What is so dangerous about Hedorah?" he asked.
"Well," the Captain responded, "The more it feeds, the stronger it gets. Ultraman and the Guardian Monsters will even have a hard time defeating the beast."
Suddenly, the Shobijin appeared on Captain Honda's desk. The sudden appearance of the fairies shocked Masato.
"What's the problem?" Captain Honda asked.
"Hedorah is growing more power," the Shobjin responded, "It is starting to move onto land and Godzilla Junior is sick from the pollution."
Captain Honda was silent for a minute. "Junior must have encountered Hedorah," he said, "We must get moving."
Captain Honda rose from his seat.
"Wait here, Masato," Captain Honda told him and ran out of his office.

Hedorah was seen walking towards the factory where Masato worked at. Hedorah had grown four legs. When he reached the factory, it grabbed a hold of a smokestack and began absorbing the smoke. It continued feeding until his eyes caught sight of Godzilla. Hedorah stopped "feeding" and jumped at Godzilla. Godzilla grabbed Hedorah and threw him onto the ground. Hedorah gurgled as it tried to get back up. Godzilla roared and fired his Atomic Ray at Hedorah. The blue energy ray hit Hedorah in the face, yet didn't seem to hurt it. Hedorah rose back up and fired two crimson energy beams from it eyes. The beams hit Godzilla's abdomen and a series of small explosions erupted all over Godzilla's body. Godzilla roared in anger and charged at Hedorah. Hedorah gurgled and jumped over Godzilla. Godzilla managed to stop himself from running into some small buildings. He turned around and fired his Atomic Ray again. The ray hit Hedorah in the face, yet it still wasn't hurt yet. Hedorah let out another gurgle. It turned around and saw the ocean nearby. It jumped in and disappeared underwater. Godzilla let out a loud roar of frustration. He ran and jumped into the ocean. He was going to follow this creature.

The HydraCraft flew through the sky, looking for any sign of Hedorah.
"Any sign of the smog monster, yet?" Captain Honda asked Eiji, who was piloting the HydraCraft.
"No," Eiji responded while piloting.
"There's one thing that I don't get," Takeru said.
"What?" Kieto asked, with the hint of knowing Takeru's question is going to be a stupid one.
"Why are looking a monster that was sighted in water or on land and we're in the sky?" Takeru said.
Everyone, except Captain Honda, let out an annoyed groan.
"Takeru should know that the Hedorah that appeared in 1971 achieved a flying form when it consumed the right amount of pollution," Captain Honda said.
Eiji looked back at Captain Honda.
"Does it kinda look like a flying saucer?" he asked.
"I think so," Captain Honda responded, "Why?"
"It's coming right for us!" Eiji shouted.
Indeed, Hedorah was flying right towards them. He now looked like a flying saucer with red eyes and a tail.

Hedorah fired his crimson eyes at the HydraCraft. Eiji managed to maneuver the HydraCraft over them.
"I wish I could transform into Ultraman right now," Eiji thought.
Hedorah gurgled and fired another set of beams at the HydraCraft. This time, It hit the HydraCraft. Smoke started appearing where the engine used to be.
"Engine's been destroyed!" Eiji shouted, "We're going down!"
The HydraCraft started spiraling down towards the ground.
"We're going to die!" Takeru shouted, terror in his voice.
Suddenly, they felt a jolt as if something grabbed the HydraCraft. They waited a few seconds and felt the HydraCraft being placed down.
"We must climb out," Captain Honda ordered.
The JMP crew quickly climbed out of the HydraCraft and saw Gamera, preparing to take off into the sky. Gamera roared as he pulled his legs and tail into his shell. His jets blasted out and he took off into the skies, ready to challenge Hedorah.

Gamera roared as he flew closer to Hedorah. Hedorah gurgled and blasted his eye beams at Gamera. Gamera flew over them. Gamera let out another roar and managed to tackle Hedorah. The two kaiju fell from the sky and into the ocean. Hedorah burst out of the water. Gamera also burst out and follow Hedorah in hot pursuit.

The JMP crew walked back to their headquarters.
"What are we going to do about Hedorah?" Eiji asked as the crew went in.
Captain Honda looked at him.
"We'll discuss it in the meeting room," he told Eiji. The crew continued walking until they reached the meeting room. Masato was there.
"How did it go?" he asked, curious to know what happened.
"It could have went better," Keito said as she took her seat, "If only there was a weakness for that monster."
"There is," Captain Honda said, "When the first Hedorah appeared, they used giant electrodes to dry it up."
"So we're going to set up a trap?" Dan asked.
"Precisely," Captain Honda said, "We'll use the Maser-Taur and the Self Defense Force has some electrodes we could use."
"How are we going to lure Hedorah?" Eiji asked.
Captain Honda was quiet for a minute. What were they going to use to lure the smog monster into the trap? Then, an idea hit him.
"Garbage," he said, "We'll set up the trap near the dump. Hopefully, Hedorah will show."
"Sounds silly," Keito said, "But it might just work."
"Alright," Captain Honda said, "I'll go contact the Self Defense Force. Let's move!"

The JMP crew were at the dump. The dump was smelly and mountains of trash were all over the place. JSDF troops were also there. The trap was so being set up. Two giant electrodes, covered in trash to disguise it as a trash mountain, were set up. The Maser-Taur was also next to the electrodes. Captain Honda stood near the electrodes, talking with General Yoshimitsu Tanaka from the Japanese Self Defense Force. General Tanaka was tall man with graying hair, appearing to be in his late-50s.
"As you can see," Captain Honda said, "The garbage will attract the pollution hungry Hedorah and the electrodes will blast it and dry it out."
General Tanaka nodded. "Seems like a good plan," he said, "It better work."
Suddenly, there a loud gurgle.
"It's here," Captain Honda said.
He turned towards Tanaka. "Tell your men to get into their positions," he told Tanaka.
Tanaka nodded.
"Time to get into position!" he shouted.
JSDF troops ran all over the dump, getting their guns ready and hiding behind trash. Dan, Eiji, Keito and Masato walked over to Captain Honda and General Tanaka. Dan held the remote control for the Maser-Taur in his right hand.
"You said it was here," Masato said, ''Yet I don't see it."
Suddenly, Hedorah smashed through a trash monster. It was now bipedal and had two hands. Hedorah had reached it's final form. Hedorah noticed the garbage pile and began to walk.
"Masato," Captain Honda said, "Go back to the HydraCraft. It's not safe for you to be out here."
Masato nodded and ran towards the HydraCraft
"FIRE!" Tanaka shouted.
JSDF troops began firing their guns at Hedorah. Hedorah gurgled in annoyance and globs of sludge from his body rained down on the troops. Some soldiers managed to escape, but others were not so lucky and the sludge burned them. Seeing this, Captain Honda turned to Dan.
"Turn on the Maser-Taur," He ordered Dan.
Dan nodded and hit a large blue button on the remote. The Maser-Taur's red ''eyes" began to glow, signaling that it's been activated. The Maser-Taur fired a maser beam at Hedorah's back of it's head, but Hedorah didn't seem to take any notice.
"It's not working," Dan said, appearing to be under a lot of stress due to the failed attack.
General Tanaka was starting to worry.
"I better sent out the order to activate the electrodes," he said to Captain Honda.
Captain Honda nodded.
"Good idea," he replied.
However, a JSDF troop appeared and approached Tanaka.
"General," he said, "The troops are having a difficult time activating the electrodes. Hedorah seems to notice them and the globs of sludge have killed a few of our troops."
"Oh no," Tanaka said, putting his hand to his forehead.
Captain Honda overheard the conversation.
"We'll gonna need Ultraman or one of the Guardian Monsters to distract Hedorah," he said, "Hopefully, It will get your troops enough time to power up the electrodes."
Luckily, Eiji overheard this. He approached Captain Honda.
"Sir," he said, "I'm going to let the troops know about your idea to wait for Hedorah to get distracted. It'll prevent more casualties."
"Alright," Captain Honda said.
Eiji ran behind a small garbage mountain. He looked around to make sure no one was nearby. He slowly reached into his breast pocket and pulled the Beta Capsule.
"Time for Ultraman," he said as he raised the Beta Capsule into the air and pushed the button, transforming Eiji into Ultraman.

Hedorah was now getting closer to one of the electrodes.
"If it gets any closer, the plan will probably failure," Tanaka said.
"Don't worry," Captain Honda said, "If I learned anything from the past monster battles, Ultraman will come and save us."
Sure enough, Captain Honda was right. As Hedorah was getting closer to the electrode, the red and silver giant landed a kick to the face, knocking the sludge monster down.
"Shuwatch!" Ultraman shouted as he took his fighting stance.
"Alright," Dan said, "Ultraman has arrived."
Tanaka smiled and nodded. "My troops can now find time to power up the electrodes," he said.
Hedorah managed get back up and gurgled. Ultraman jumped at Hedorah and delivered a chop to Hedorah's head. Hedorah gurgled in annoyance and swung its' right arm into Ultraman side, sending Ultraman into a trash mountain. The mountain ceased to exist as trash showered down on Ultraman. Ultraman got back on his feet and brushed the trash off of him. Hedorah stood still, watching Ultraman brush the garbage off of him. It looked amused. After he finished, Ultraman looked at Hedorah and began to charge at him. Hedorah stood still as Ultraman jumped and delivered a jump kick into Hedorah's abdomen. The attack knocked Hedorah back a few steps. Ultraman fired his Specium Ray, which went right at Hedorah's abdomen. The attack failed as Hedorah was still standing as it nothing happened. Ultraman gasped in shock, but still kept on fighting. Ultraman ran up to Hedorah and delivered 2 punches to Hedorah's face and 2 kicks to its' abdomen. Hedorah gurgled and a glob of sludge from its' body fired onto Ultraman's face, blinding him. As Ultraman tried to get the sludge off his face, Hedorah rammed into Ultraman's abdomen, knocking him down.
"Looks like Ultraman is in trouble," Keito said.
"I better used the Maser-Taur," Dan said, looking at the remote that controls the Maser-Taur.
The Maser-Taur rolled up nearer to Hedorah and fired another maser beam. Just like last time, The beam struck the back of Hedorah's head and it didn't seem to notice.
"Damn," Dan said. Hedorah continued firing globs of sludge from its' body at Ultraman. Ultraman was on his hands and knees, getting covered in sludge as he struggled to back up. Suddenly, his colortimer began flashing red. Captain Honda was worried.
"Your troops better be close to finishing," he said to Tanaka in a worried tone.
Almost as if he said that, a JSDF troop approached Tanaka.
"The electrode is at full power," the troop said, "Awaiting orders to activate it."
A second troop approached Tanaka. "The electrode is at full power," the troop said, "Awaiting orders to activate it."
"Excellent," Tanaka said, "I order them both to fired on Hedorah!"
The two troops nodded and went towards their electrodes.

A sludge-covered Ultraman was still on his hands and knees. He turned his head and looked up at Hedorah. Hedorah gurgled and raised its' arms as if it was about to smash them on Ultraman. Before Hedorah could attack, the electrode on the right side fired 3 million volts of electricity. Hedorah gurgled in pain as the other electrode fired upon it.
"It's working," Tanaka said with a smile on face.
Ultraman, still covered in sludge, got back on his feet. Knowing that his colortimer was flashing, he knew that he got to get rid of Hedorah, quickly. Ultraman clenched his right hand into a fist and drove it through Hedorah's abdomen. Hedorah let out a weak gurgle as Ultraman took his sludge covered fist out of the its' body. There was a giant hole in Hedorah's abdomen. Hedorah fell backwards, dead. Ultraman walked over to Hedorah's lifeless body and picked it up.
"Shuwatch!" Ultraman shouted as he took off into the sky with Hedorah's body.

Masato walked out of the HydraCraft. He saw Dan and Keito walking back towards it.
"How did the battle go?" he asked.
"Hedorah is no longer a threat," Keito said as she and Dan walked pass him.
Eiji came running up to him.
"Are you supposed to be in the HydraCraft?" Eiji asked, "The captain order you to remain in the HydraCraft for your own safety."
"Hedorah is dead," Masato answered, "So there's no need to worry about my safety."
Eiji nodded. "True," Eiji said.
Masato turned his head and saw Captain Honda talking to General Tanaka. He walked up to them.
"Well," he said to them, "The mission was a success."
"Indeed," Tanaka said.
"There is one thing to take it into account," Honda said.
"What's that?" Masato asked.
"Pollution," Honda replied, "Hedorah was drawn here, because of pollution. The one we faced here was the second one sighted on Earth. If we're not careful, a third Hedorah might appear in the near future."
"Well," Masato said,"We must be prepared for it."