E3 - Something to Protect

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SIGN    August 1999
SIGN    With Operation Lucifer,
SIGN    one of the BETA hives,
SIGN    the Yokohama Hive, was captured
[00:21] English
    Command Post, this is Bravo Leader.
[00:24] ---
    Currently at four thousand
    feet below ground level.
[00:26] English
    We've arrived at the innermost chamber.
[00:29] English
    Commencing reconnaissance
    of the assigned sector.
[00:31] English
    This place is huge!
[00:33] English
    Bravo Leader to Command Post...
    no sign of BETA activity on the sensors.
[00:39] English
    Bravo Leader, this is Command Post.
[00:41] ---
    Be sure to record any signs of structural damage
    that may have been caused by the G-Bombs.
[00:45] English
    Bravo Leader, copy that.
[00:48] English
    Lieutenant!
[00:49] English
    What's up?
[00:50] English
    Bravo Leader, report your status.
[00:53] English
    This is Bravo Leader. There's something
    in the middle of the hall.
[01:00] English
    There's some kind of narrow column
    stretching from the ceiling to the floor,
[01:04] ---
    with a transparent section in the middle.
[01:07] English
    Attempting to identify unknown
    objects at maximum range.
[01:15] English
    Oh, God! What the hell is that?!
[01:17] English
    Bravo Leader, what's going on?
     Report the situation.
[01:20] English
    Have you found survivors?
[01:23] English
    They're human... brains!
SIGN    October 24th, 2001
[02:57] Marimo
    Commence assembly!
SIGN    Something to Protect
[03:08] Shirogane
    All done, ma'am.
[03:11] Marimo
    Fifty seconds...
[03:13] Marimo
    Ayamine had the previous best time,
     at a minute and 17 seconds.
[03:18] Marimo
    Looks good. No problems.
[03:20] Marimo
    He left you all in the dust.
    Make sure it doesn't stay that way.
[03:23] 207th
    Ma'am!
[03:24] Tama
    That was incredible, Shirogane-san!
[03:27] Shirogane
    It wasn't a big deal.
[03:29] Meiya
    There's no need for modesty.
[03:31] Ayamine
    Gonna get my record back...
[03:32] Sakaki
    I'm with her. Don't expect
    to always be on top.
[03:36] Shirogane
    There's an idea. Maybe I can
    help motivate them.
[03:40] Shirogane
    I'm kind of curious.
[03:42] Shirogane
    Do you all have something
    you want to protect?
[03:46] Sakaki
    What brought this on?
[03:48] Shirogane
    I used to think my own life
    was the most important thing.
[03:53] Shirogane
    But now there's something I wanna protect,
    even if means putting myself at risk.
[03:58] Meiya
    Which led you to discard your exemption
    from the draft and come here, right?
[04:02] Shirogane
    Right.
[04:04] Shirogane
    I think to beat the BETA, you need
    a bunch of strong-willed people
[04:07] ---
    with high-minded ideals to join up...
[04:09] Shirogane
    And they all need to work together.
[04:15] Shirogane
    You were the ones who taught me that.
[04:19] Tama
    I think I understand.
[04:20] Shirogane
    I guess I'm saying... let's do our best.
[04:23] 207th
    Right.
[04:26] Shirogane
    And now that the serious talk is done with,
[04:30] Shirogane
    do you girls mind if
    I choose how I refer to you?
[04:33] Sakaki
    What do you mean, exactly?
[04:35] Shirogane
    Class Rep.
[04:36] Shirogane
    Meiya.
[04:37] Shirogane
    Tama.
[04:39] Shirogane
    Ayamine.
[04:40] Shirogane
    Will those work?
[04:41] Sakaki
    Why am I "Class Rep"?
[04:43] Meiya
    I see you've dropped all pretense.
[04:44] Tama
    Tama? Like a cat's name?
[04:47] Ayamine
    Kinda normal...
[04:51] Takeru
    I think I've moved things up a fair bit.
[04:53] Takeru
    Now, once Mikoto gets back...
[04:56] Takeru
    Was there anything else
    I could get done ahead of time?
[04:59] Takeru
    Maybe meeting Kasumi?
[05:18] Takeru
    I knew she'd be here.
[05:26] Takeru
    Hey!
[05:32] Takeru
    Did you really have to just up and run?
[05:42] Takeru
    It's nice to meet you. I'm Shirogane Takeru.
[05:45] Takeru
    What's your name?
[05:51] Kasumi
    Kasumi...
[05:53] Kasumi
    Yashiro Kasumi.
[05:56] Shirogane
    Hey, you actually told me this time!
[05:58] Shirogane
    Sorry, that probably doesn't
    make a lot of sense, huh?
[06:03] Kasumi
    I don't mind.
[06:06] Shirogane
    I see.
[06:07] Shirogane
    Okay, Kasumi...
[06:10] Shirogane
    How about we shake hands
    to mark the occasion?
[06:12] Kasumi
    Shake hands?
[06:17] Shirogane
    Yep. Just like that.
[06:20] Shirogane
    Her hands are so tiny.
[06:22] Shirogane
    I guess I never got the chance
    to notice in the other world.
[06:27] Shirogane
    Well, I've got stuff to do, so I should go.
[06:39] Yuuko
    Well, this is new. What's gotten into you?
[06:43] Shirogane
    Kasumi?
[06:45] Yuuko
    Come on over here.
[06:54] Shirogane
    Something about seeing people whisper
    in front of me makes me extra curious.
[06:59] Yuuko
    Really? Okay, then.
[07:01] Takeru
    So, what were you talking about?
[07:03] Yuuko
    Nothing to do with you or anything.
[07:06] Takeru
    That's a lie. I'm pretty sure that's a lie.
[07:11] Yuuko
    So, what did you want?
[07:13] Yuuko
    Don't act dumb. You came
    down to see Yashiro, right?
[07:17] Shirogane
    Right...
[07:18] Shirogane
    That emblem on Kasumi's shoulder
    says "Alternative IV," right?
[07:23] Yuuko
    Yes, it does. And?
[07:25] Shirogane
    In the other world, it never
    really caught my attention,
[07:28] ---
    because I had no idea what it meant.
[07:31] Shirogane
    But...
[07:32] Yuuko
    What is it?
[07:33] Shirogane
    It got me thinking about Sumika.
[07:36] Yuuko
    Kagami Sumika?
[07:38] Shirogane
    Right. When I crossed over
    from my original world,
[07:41] ---
    I recognized a lot of what I saw.
[07:43] Shirogane
    But Sumika didn't seem to exist anymore.
[07:47] Shirogane
    You weren't able to find any
    trace of her either, right?
[07:52] Yuuko
    Right.
[07:53] Shirogane
    But something about Kasumi
    reminds me of her.
[07:58] (Flashback) Kasumi
    You wouldn't understand, Takeru-chan!
[08:01] Shirogane
    Sumika was the only person who
    ever called me "Takeru-chan."
[08:06] Yuuko
    I'm sure you realize this on some level,
[08:09] ---
    but she's one of the major
    players in Alternative IV.
[08:13] Yuuko
    And far more important than you are.
[08:16] Takeru
    Does that go for the brain
    in that cylinder, too?
[08:19] Yuuko
    Yes. It and Yashiro are two parts of a set.
[08:23] Shirogane
    What exactly is Alternative IV?
[08:28] Yuuko
    A plan that involves a single child
    bringing new hope to all of mankind.
[08:34] Yuuko
    I'm amazed I was able to sum it up so well.
    I guess geniuses have a way with words.
[08:38] Shirogane
    And that child is Kasumi?
[08:42] Yuuko
    No comment.
[08:44] Yuuko
    I'm not going to tell you that.
[08:48] Shirogane
    But I thought you trusted me!
[08:50] Yuuko
    It isn't even a question of trust.
[08:54] Yuuko
    I'm curious. Can you actually
    change the course of history?
SIGN    October 25th, 2001
[09:02] Marimo
    Today, you're gonna be doing
    loaded marching drills.
SIGN    In Front of the Storage Facility
[09:04] 207th
    Yes, ma'am!
[09:06] Shirogane
    It's the same. Exactly
    the same as my memories.
[09:11] Yuuko
    Has anything new, different from what you
    remember, happened these last few days?
[09:16] Shirogane
    Nothing... Nothing at all!
[09:20] Shirogane
    No! It's all been the same as before!
[09:23] Yuuko
    But you've done a fair bit differently
    since coming here, correct?
[09:27] Shirogane
    Right.
[09:28] Yuuko
    I'd wager that means that possessing
    memories of the future
[09:31] ---
    doesn't really make much of
    a difference to the outcome.
[09:33] Yuuko
    Different routes can lead to the same place.
[09:36] Yuuko
    And slight differences won't be
    enough to affect that outcome.
[09:39] Shirogane
    Are you saying there's no
    way to change the future?!
[09:43] Yuuko
    How did you even end up here?
[09:46] Yuuko
    The world you came from originally,
    and then the one you found yourself in...
[09:51] Yuuko
    They were wildly different, weren't they?
[09:53] Shirogane
    That's right.
[09:54] Yuuko
    I'd say that means there's an infinite
    number of different, parallel worlds.
[09:58] Yuuko
    There could even be a world for every
    different possibility you can imagine.
[10:03] Yuuko
    In one world, maybe the dinosaurs survived.
[10:07] Yuuko
    It's easy to imagine one where
    Earth never formed, too.
[10:10] Yuuko
    And yet somehow, you've ended up
    in almost the exact same world...
[10:14] Yuuko
    I'd say that's because
    you wanted it to happen.
[10:17] Yuuko
    "The reason Shirogane Takeru
    ended up in this world..."
[10:20] ---
    "is because he felt like he
    needed to do something here,"
[10:23] Yuuko
    "and strongly wished for it to happen."
[10:25] Yuuko
    That's one possible interpretation.
[10:27] Shirogane
    Being able to travel through time and
    different worlds just because you want it?
[10:31] Shirogane
    I've never heard of anything like it.
[10:33] Yuuko
    If my theory is accurate,
[10:35] ---
    there could be consequences for both
    you and the people you interact with,
[10:40] ---
    rooted in your travel between worlds.
[10:43] Shirogane
    After I leave?!
[10:44] Shirogane
    I don't like the sound of that...
[10:46] Yuuko
    In that case, make sure that you accomplish
    whatever you're trying to do in this world.
[10:56] Shirogane
    Gekishins, huh?
[10:58] Tama
    Are we gonna get to fly in those?
[11:01] Shirogane
    Only if we pass the CCSE.
[11:04] Sakaki
    That's right. We need to be sure to pass,
[11:06] ---
    and gain the right to pilot TSFs this time.
[11:15] Marimo
    It's time for today's training!
[11:18] 207th
    Yes, ma'am!
[11:21] Shirogane
    Nothing has changed?
[11:24] Shirogane
    If I'm only making tiny differences...
[11:28] Mikoto
    Sorry. You okay?
[11:31] Shirogane
    Yeah, sorry about that...
[11:34] Shirogane
    M-Mikoto?
[11:37] Shirogane
    That's right. She gets out
    of the hospital today.
[11:41] Mikoto
    S-Sorry again. I'm Yoroi Mikoto.
[11:44] Shirogane
    Right. I'm Shirogane Takeru.
[11:47] Mikoto
    I was in a rush to see the instructor.
[11:50] Shirogane
    Hang on. What's today's date?
[11:53] Mikoto
    It's November 1st. Is something wrong?
[11:56] Shirogane
    It's November already?!
[11:58] Shirogane
    Damn it!
SIGN    One Week Later
[12:00] Shirogane
    Pardon the intrusion!
[12:02] Yuuko
    I was expecting you.
[12:03] Yuuko
    So, have you remembered anything?
[12:08] Yuuko
    Nothing at all?
[12:11] Shirogane
    There's something big!
SIGN    November 11th, 2001
[12:18] Kasumi
    Good morning.
[12:19] Shirogane
    Oh, Kasumi?
[12:22] Shirogane
    Thanks for always coming to wake me up.
[12:26] Shirogane
    Come to think of it, it was
    the same in the last world.
[12:28] Kasumi
    Bye-bye.
[12:29] Shirogane
    One thing, Kasumi.
[12:31] Shirogane
    You might hear the alarm go off,
     but don't worry about it.
[12:34] Kasumi
    Okay.
[12:38] Shirogane
    I hope this works out. Because if it does...
SIGN    Days Earlier
[12:42] Shirogane
    BETA from Sadogashima are going
    to surface on the mainland.
[12:46] (Flashback) Yuuko
    I need details.
[12:48] (Flashback) Shirogane
    Right... it happens on November 11th.
[12:54] (Flashback) Shirogane
    Some of the BETA that surface
[12:56] (Flashback) ---
    make it past the IJA's defense line,
     and we lose track of them.
[13:00] (Flashback) Shirogane
    A while later, the BETA reconvene and break
    through the secondary line of defense.
[13:06] (Flashback) Shirogane
    They change directions to travel south along
    the Northern Kanto final line of defense,
[13:10] (Flashback) Shirogane
    through Nagano, Gunma, and Niigata...
[13:15] (Flashback) Shirogane
    With the Imperial Army trying to keep them
    from breaking the final line of defense.
[13:20] (Flashback) Shirogane
    I'm pretty sure if the
    Imperial forces had lost,
[13:22] (Flashback) ---
    it would've meant the BETA
    reaching critical territory.
[13:27] (Flashback) ---
    That was when it became clear
    where the BETA were headed:
[13:31] (Flashback) ---
    Right here. Yokohama Base.
[13:34] (Flashback) Yuuko
    What happens then?
[13:35] (Flashback) Shirogane
    Ultimately, the IJA manages
    to take down the BETA.
[13:39] (Flashback) Shirogane
    And that's that.
[13:41] (Flashback) Yuuko
    Really? That's all?
[13:43] (Flashback) Shirogane
    Yes.
[13:44] (Flashback) Yuuko
    I see... from Sadogashima, huh?
[13:47] (Flashback) Yuuko
    And?
[13:47] (Flashback) Shirogane
    The safest thing to do would be to wipe
    them out while they're coming ashore.
[13:51] (Flashback) Yuuko
    And you don't know the exact location?
[13:53] (Flashback) Shirogane
    I know it'll be in Niigata.
[13:54] (Flashback) Shirogane
    But beyond that...
[13:58] (Flashback) Shirogane
    Sensei, we have to do something!
[14:01] (Flashback) Yuuko
    Except there's no evidence
    for anything you're claiming.
[14:04] (Flashback) Shirogane
    But...
[14:06] (Flashback) Yuuko
    There's one way to prove
    you're right, though.
[14:08] (Flashback) Shirogane
    What's that?!
[14:10] (Flashback) Yuuko
    To do nothing.
[14:13] (Flashback) Yuuko
    Let's sit back and see
    if it actually happens.
[14:16] (Flashback) Yuuko
    It'll prove that you're right if it does.
[14:19] (Flashback) Shirogane
    I'm supposed to just let all those people
    be put in danger just to prove a point?!
[14:22] (Flashback) Shirogane
    If that's a joke, I don't
    think this is the time!
[14:25] (Flashback) Yuuko
    How long do you expect your
    ranting to hold water?
[14:28] (Flashback) Yuuko
    You haven't predicted the
    future once so far.
[14:32] (Flashback) Shirogane
    But... I knew about Alternative...
[14:34] (Flashback) Yuuko
    The project was already underway.
[14:36] (Flashback) ---
    There are any number of ways you
    could've learned about it.
[14:39] (Flashback) Shirogane
    B-But...
[14:40] (Flashback) Yuuko
    I thought you were trying to
    save Earth and all of humanity?
[14:45] (Flashback) Yuuko
    And you're going to flinch at a few dozen,
     maybe a few hundred casualties?
[14:49] (Flashback) Yuuko
    I can't understand that.
[14:53] (Flashback) Yuuko
    You didn't think you'd be able to accomplish
    this without making any sacrifices, did you?
[14:58] (Flashback) Yuuko
    Do you realize there are
    soldiers all across the world
[15:01] (Flashback) ---
    fighting and dying in battle against
    the BETA as we speak?
[15:05] (Flashback) Yuuko
    If you want to save the world,
[15:06] (Flashback) ---
    your priority should be proving
    that you're right. Am I wrong?
[15:13] (Flashback) Shirogane
    The math isn't that simple for me!
[15:16] (Flashback) Shirogane
    I can't just turn a blind eye
     to so many people dying!
[15:22] (Flashback) Yuuko
    You insist on coming up with
    a counter-measure, then?
[15:24] (Flashback) Shirogane
    Please!
[15:26] (Flashback) Yuuko
    All because of your
    completely baseless claims?
[15:30] (Flashback) Shirogane
    I'm begging you!
[15:37] (Flashback) Yuuko
    Okay, then. Let's try it your way.
[15:41] (Flashback) Yuuko
    It's not exactly logical, but you
    seem to think it's the right call.
[15:45] (Flashback) Yuuko
    So I'm going to trust you.
[15:49] (Flashback) Shirogane
    Then...
[15:51] (Flashback) Yuuko
    I guess I'll have the imperial forces
    in the Etchu and Kaetsu parts of Niigata
[15:55] (Flashback) ---
    go to DEFCON 2 around the 10th.
[16:00] (Flashback) Shirogane
    Can we send reinforcements
    from Yokohama Base?
[16:02] (Flashback) Yuuko
    The UN can't provide support without a
    request from the Japanese government.
[16:06] (Flashback) Yuuko
    The thing about armies is
    they're slow to get moving,
[16:08] (Flashback) ---
    and even harder to stop
    once they're in motion.
[16:10] (Flashback) Yuuko
    You had better be ready for what happens.
[16:12] (Flashback) ---
    Understood, ma'am!
[16:15] Shirogane
    If everything happens as I think it will...
[16:19] Meiya
    What is it, Takeru? You seem nervous.
[16:22] Shirogane
    Do I?
[16:23] Sakaki
    Well, you've been staring at
    your watch, for one thing.
[16:26] Shirogane
    Well, I was just thinking about how,
     even though it's our day off,
[16:28] News
    The military began an large-scale
    exercise at daybreak early this morning
[16:30] Shirogane
    time is just passing us by.
SIGN    EXERCISES IN PREPARATION FOR BETA INVASION
[16:31] News
    in preparation for a BETA invasion...
[16:37] Touko
    The radar has picked up something.
[16:39] Touko
    Distance is 500... 400...
[16:41] Hayase
    Looks like the XO was right.
[16:45] Michiru
    And we won't be heading back
    empty-handed after all.
[16:48] Michiru
    Commence operation!
[16:51] Valkyries
    Roger!
[16:55] Shirogane
    This is it!
[16:57] Meiya
    What's going on?
[16:58] Sakaki
    Is that... the emergency assembly alarm?
[17:00] Mikoto
    What happened?
[17:00] Sakaki
    Hurry, people!
[17:03] Sakaki
    Everyone is accounted for.
[17:05] Marimo
    Here's the current situation.
[17:08] ---
    This morning at 06:20, a BETA force
    from the Sadogashima hive appeared.
[17:12] ---
    Then at 06:27, they breached
    the oceanic defense line.
[17:15] ---
    The enemy then surfaced at Niigata.
[17:17] ---
    At 06:48, the 10th
     Imperial Division engaged.
[17:23] ---
    As of now, 07:10, combat is still continuing.
[17:27] Currently; at 07
    The 14th Imperial Division
    has joined the battle,
[17:29] ---
    and they currently have the advantage.
[17:31] Currently; at 07
    It's believed to only be a matter of
    time until the BETA are wiped out.
[17:34] Currently; at 07
    Based on their direction,
[17:37] ---
    it has been deduced that their likely
    destination was here: the Yokohama Base.
[17:42] Currently; at 07
    Which is why, until the BETA
    are confirmed to be wiped out,
[17:45] ---
    the base will be on DEFCON 2 status.
[17:48] Currently; at 07
    You cadets are on standby.
[17:51] Currently; at 07
    Head to your rooms, and be prepared to
    take action as the situation develops.
[17:55] Currently; at 07
    That is all.
[17:57] 207th
    Yes, ma'am!
[17:59] Shirogane
    This is totally different from before.
[18:00] ---
    And should keep casualties to a minimum.
[18:05] Meiya
    The landing from Sado...
[18:07] ---
    There'll be fighting on
    the mainland, won't there?
[18:10] Shirogane
    Yeah.
[18:11] Meiya
    Do you think the people who
    live there will be safe?
[18:15] Shirogane
    They said it was only a matter of
    time until the BETA were wiped out.
[18:18] Shirogane
    It'll be okay.
[18:21] Meiya
    I suppose you're right.
[18:25] PA
    Attention all personnel,
[18:26] ---
    the BETA attack has been eliminated.
    DEFCON 2 is now being lifted.
[18:29] PA
    I repeat, DEFCON 2 has been lifted.
[18:33] Shirogane
    Sensei!
[18:37] Yuuko
    Would you quiet down?
    I can hear you just fine.
[18:40] Shirogane
    Thank you so much!
[18:41] Yuuko
    No thanks necessary. I did
    it to see what would happen.
[18:46] Shirogane
    Still, I'm glad! The future's bound
    to change for the better now!
[18:50] Yuuko
    You certainly seem pleased.
[18:52] Yuuko
    I'm sure this was great for you, but...
[18:55] Shirogane
    Is there a problem?
[18:58] Yuuko
    Look, I'm busy, so get out.
[19:01] Shirogane
    Okay...
[19:13] Shirogane
    I'm sure she has her own
    problems to worry about.
[19:15] Shirogane
    Still... even so...
[19:23] Shirogane
    The future is changing.
[19:25] Shirogane
    We can change it, and make
    Alternative IV a success!
[19:38] Marimo
    That concludes today's training.
[19:40] Marimo
    Stay where you are and listen up!
[19:41] Marimo
    You've all done a great job so far.
[19:43] Marimo
    I think, for a change of pace,
    you've earned a little reward.
[19:47] Shirogane
    Right...
[19:48] Marimo
    Tomorrow, you're all going to be enjoying
    a week-long vacation in the South Pacific.
[19:52] Shirogane
    I know what happens next.
SIGN    November 13th, 2001
[20:01] Marimo
    This mission will be carried
    out under conditions
[20:03] ---
    where TSF operation is not an option,
[20:06] Marimo
    with the objective being to
    escape the combat zone, on foot.
[20:10] Marimo
    In other words, your number one
    objective will be getting out.
[20:16] Shirogane
    The Comprehensive Combat Skill Evaluation.
[20:19] Shirogane
    If we can get through this,
    we'll be able to fly TSFs.
[20:25] Marimo
    You're going to need to
    prove that you're fit
[20:27] ---
    to be Tactical Surface Fighter pilots!
[20:30] 207th
    Yes, ma'am!
[20:31] Marimo
    Synchronize your watches.
[20:34] Marimo
    Commence operation!
[20:36] Shirogane
    Even with the knowledge I have,
    this exercise won't be easy.
[20:40] Shirogane
    I realize that.
[20:42] Shirogane
    But...
[20:43] Sakaki
    We've reached and secured
     the evacuation point.
[20:45] Shirogane
    Where's the transport?
[20:48] Marimo
    Mission complete.
[20:49] Marimo
    207th Flight, attention!
[20:52] Marimo
    Congratulations. You've all
    managed to pass the CCSE.
[21:04] Meiya
    Sakaki...
[21:06] Mikoto
    Next comes TSFs!
[21:08] Ayamine
    One step forward.
[21:10] Shirogane
    Yeah. That's right!
[21:12] Mikoto
    We did it, Takeru!
[21:13] Shirogane
    Yeah, thanks to you all!
[21:17] Shirogane
    I know we'll be able to change this world.
SIGN    This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
     either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.