# 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.