A loud explosion occurred somewhere in Vill-City High Tech Bank, with a few criminals getting away from the scene of the crime with the most expensive high-tech gear at their disposal. They laughed and drove off insanely with the police chasing them from behind.
"Woe brr! We have to try this out," said one of the criminals who began to unpack the gear. When he opened it, it turned out to be a super-advanced laser tech gear. He increased its watts to one thousand kilowatts, which almost exploded the police car and their vehicle, but Ultra AI came to the rescue by teleporting the officers out of harm's way and went after the criminals.
"Oh shit!" said another criminal, who pointed at what was after them. "It's Iron Cyborg Man!"
"What?!" yelled their leader, who ordered them to get rid of Ultra AI. "Shake him off our trails, boys!" Suddenly, one of them took control of the laser gear and increased it to megawatts aimed at Ultra AI and fired at it, which made him lose balance for a second as they jubilated in their short victory.
"I got 'em, boss!" yelled the criminal who shot Ultra AI.
Ultra AI recovered quickly without any damages as Peter asked for confirmation on what that tech was. Ultra AI fed him with the necessary vital information about the laser high-tech gear.
"You seem pretty fine to me, Peter McCoy!" said Ultra AI. "Please don't get shot again."
"That seems like powerful tech," said Peter. "What was that?" He asked.
"Laser tag. A powerful device invented by Lyrecius Corp for experiment and for order purposes, with enough firepower that could possibly level an entire nation. It's also equipped with a death ray, Peter McCoy, and I'm picking up some Xentorium core fragments from its source," Ultra AI replied as they began chasing the criminals into town, who drove maniacally in hot pursuit.
"Boss!" said one of the criminals. "Iron Cyborg Man is onto us again!"
"Gimme that!" said the boss criminal, who took charge of the laser tag aimed at Ultra AI and ready to pull the trigger, which was increased to one million gigawatts. Ultra AI scanned through and saw that he was ready to shoot, so he hacked through their radio to communicate with them for a peaceful surrender.
"How did he do that?" said one of the criminals, who was amazed to see and hear Ultra AI communicating from their radio station. Then all of a sudden, the boss aimed at a tower and pulled the trigger to distract Ultra AI from getting to them, and without their knowledge, Ultra AI replicated itself as one of its absorbed the laser tag shot, and the other put a car-disabling device on their vehicle that also stung them unconscious. Ultra AI informed the police as they were already on their way to their location, and the media and journalists came to collect their big story as the chief of police thanked Ultra AI for his assistance in helping them catch the criminals, which was pretty much difficult for them.
When about to leave, a female reporter asked Ultra AI what he or it is truly called since the people of Vill-City knew him to be Iron Cyborg Man.
"Is that truly your name, Iron Cyborg Man?" asked the female reporter. "The world needs to know her hero, and so do the people of Vill-City. And for all that you have done, what should we address you as?"
Then, Ultra AI stared at the reporter as everyone wanted to hear what its name was as he spoke into the mic which the female reporter held for him.
"ULTRA AI," replied Ultra AI as it took off into the sky, writing its name boldly and clearly for all to see with its symbol from its chest designed with a cloud.
"Ultra AI," whispered the female reporter who then stared into the camera in front of her and gave a speech about the once-known and called "Iron Cyborg Man," who is now to be known as Ultra AI. said the female reporter.
The policemen took the criminals to jail and confiscated the laser tag. The next day at school, the name Ultra AI had gone viral even on WhatsApp and every social media platform. Everyone kept talking about Ultra AI, and shirts and costumes were made with the iron as an icon by the people.
Peter and Debbie enjoyed spending time together, and their relationship was the best thing that had ever happened to them. Even at school, everything was great as Tyson and Jerry had learned to respect their boundaries from the McCoys. One evening, Peter stood atop the highest building in all of Vill-City and Vill-City High, scanning the entire city with a smile on his face.
"I see your vitals are very positive, Peter McCoy. You seem to be enjoying yourself and in a good mood, I presume," said Ultra AI.
"Yeah!" replied Peter. "Everything's great. They finally know our name."
"The city is peaceful, Peter McCoy. Would you like to return to base?" asked Ultra AI.
"Very much! Let's go home," Peter replied.
That same evening, while they were going home, evil never ceased as the Techno Witch went to the ocean and did something that resulted in a war between the surface dwellers and the Oceanians.
The next morning, chaos erupted all over Vill-City as the Oceanians emerged, causing huge waves and wreaking havoc on the city. They came for war with their tribe, their people. The military fought with the Oceanians but were no match for them or their powers and magic. They flooded most of Vill-City, causing massive destruction wherever they went. As the people cried out for their hero, Ultra AI came to the rescue, giving hope to the people of Vill-City.
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Marine, the king of the Oceanians, saw Ultra AI from above in the sky and flew straight to confront him as they introduced themselves before their ordeal.
"You're the people's champion and choice, yet they disobey my warnings against the ocean," said Marine in an angry tone. "Now the surface dwellers will pay the price."
"It doesn't have to be this way, Marine. The people have nothing against the ocean. In fact, they nurture mother nature's greatest gift of life," replied Ultra AI. "These people are formidable but not invincible. Cease your threat against my people, and I'll spare what is left of the ocean."
"Is that a threat, Ultra AI?" Marine asked.
"It's a warning that you don't want to mess with," replied Ultra AI.
"Then we shall put our might to the test. Man of science!" said Marine, who shot lightning bolts from his hands at Ultra AI, who easily averted them. They flew and fought vigorously, tossing each other aside. Marine was able to grab Ultra AI by the foot and spin him around before letting go, causing him to crash-land on the land.
"Is that all you've got?" asked Marine. "Clearly, you are not a worthy opponent unlike Tetraman."
Ultra AI recovered quickly and said, "Clearly, I was going easy on you, trying to be reasonable, but you don't seem much concerned about this. I am ending this."
He rocket-boosted himself directly at Marine, who didn't even see it coming as Ultra AI vanished into thin air before reappearing behind him with a punch to Marine's face, sending him flying into the sea. Ultra AI approached the sea, only to be pulled into it by a kraken. The kraken twisted and spun Ultra AI like a ragdoll, but he was later able to escape its tentacles by becoming intangible.
Marine saw this as an opportunity and came swimming at great speed charging towards Ultra AI in the sea with a massive punch that sent him flying in mid-air, and then he was pulled back into the sea by Marine's water control magic.
Fortunately, Ultra AI had the upper hand on land against Peter's lack of experience against the Oceanians. He spun in circles, creating a water tornado against Ultra AI and then electrifying him. Of course, this didn't stop our hero as he got help from Ultra AI to create a sonic boom, which gave Marine a severe headache under the sea.
Marine sent creatures of the sea against Ultra AI as he himself made duplicates of himself to fend off the creatures of the sea to face Ultra AI again. The two fought intensely in the ocean as Peter was able to lift Marine out of the sea into the sky when he got hold of his neck and threatened to kill him if he didn't call off the attack.
"I am not Tetraman," said Ultra AI. "Call off the attack, or you will regret ever attacking the surface again. Think about your people, Marine."
"Oh, yes!" replied Marine. "I think about my people, and that's why I'm doing this for them."
"Okantela bukutanka...." yelled Marine in their Oceanian language, which means "the ocean rules, and it is the source of living," as he was handed a trident by one of his generals, which he caught in mid-air. He used it to pierce through Ultra AI's defense suit system with an electrifying shock, shaking him like a piece of paper before tossing him really hard into the city, shattering buildings uncontrollably and destroying most of his surroundings.
Peter's suit sustained some damage, and he requested to know how and why it happened. However, he was not pleased with the response he received from Ultra AI.
"His trident is one hundred percent raw xentorium core fragments, and one percent of xentorium core energy was all it needed to damage the suit, Peter McCoy," replied Ultra AI. "Your transformation is a level two transformation, so I suggest you find a solution and come up with a plan to stop the Oceanians and avoid being hit with his trident."
"No kidding! Thanks a lot, Ultra AI," replied Peter sarcastically as his suit began regenerating. Marine came to him to confirm who he was talking to.
"I see your trident is made with raw xentorium core fragment with a little xentorium core energy," said Peter McCoy.
"Yes! I am Marine, man of science. It is a blessing from the sea," replied Marine. "It gave us all we needed, a better civilization, and technologies far beyond the surface dwellers' comprehension."
Peter then scanned Marine to learn more about him and the entire Oceanians. He found out from Ultra AI that the people of Oceanian were once humans, but a small society populated themselves among each other. They were once hated by society before their transformation based on their culture and way of life. They accepted all, and society saw them as a menace, worse than an LGBTQ community. They were the opposite of what society labeled them as, known as shadow self; neither good nor bad. They studied all kinds of practices, including magic, witchcraft, sorcery, and necromancy. Society saw them as useless, rather than seeing them as one community who could accept and build individuals for who and what they truly are. The community was filled with people of all kinds of professions from around the globe.
This led to their festival celebration and merriment on that fateful day the ocean took them as they were together and had always been as families. While all this was happening, Peter got all the necessary information he needed to know about the once small community that had now become an empire in the ocean through the population of their community.
Marine was monologuing about the blessings the ocean gave them and transformed them into their true form of heritage. He was very much distracted with his pride and ego that didn't even let him think that Ultra AI would get the best of him by blasting off his trident from Marine. This time, the outcome changed as Ultra AI subdued both the kraken by lifting and exposing it full enormous size into the sky and another clone of his charging up an omega blast ready to vaporize the ocean. As two of Ultra AI clones subdued Marine, the original pointed a repulsive hand that was ready to blast him if not yielded to their demands.
"You were right about one thing, Marine. I am the Champ," said Ultra AI.
After the great threat to the king of the Oceanian against the creatures of the deep and his life as well, Marine yielded to the defeat of Ultra AI, who spared his life. He called his people back into the sea, and as they all went back, Marine turned aside to Ultra AI once more with the look of vengeance in his eyes and said in an Oceanian language.
"Ofutanga Ketepanga Octakala.... Which translates.... The ocean will never cease to exist even when all is lost."
"We will meet again, Ultra AI," said Marine, who went back into the sea.
Everyone cheered for their hero as the flood was no more to drown the city, which was called back by their leader. Ultra AI took off to see the people cheered for him in victory as he saw them safe and sound.
Sometimes later, Tiffany the techno witch went back to the sea, but this time, she found Marine waiting for her. She approached him and was disappointed to see that the Oceanians had failed to complete a simple task. However, she came with an even more interesting proposition for the king of the Oceanians.
Tiffany said, "You and I have both been rejected by society. We have been called different names such as freaks, outcasts, bad eggs, and miscreants. We have been labeled delusional. Now, the society and its people have forgotten about us and our efforts to the community we once served. This is all thanks to their new golden hero, Ultra AI. But not to worry, there are others out there like us waiting to be reunited, to find their place. And when they do, we will build and expand our coast, putting fear in the heart of the so-called hero they call Ultra AI. He may be the people's champion, but he is just a one-man army against us, and we will build an entire legion that will bend the world to its knees. And when the time comes, my dear Marine, you will prepare your armies for victory, and the world shall know our name."