Episode 20: The Last General
The beast is nude with long and bushy tiger fur covering its private areas. It stands roughly eight feet tall. Its eyes show an emptiness. The only thing that can be understood from its gaze is that it wants to have "fun". "I believe this is the culprit you are looking for. He tends to cause somewhat of a ruckus during my research. This is my son. I've renamed him Tora-Dora. Isn't he marvelous? He's my most successful experiment I've created by fusing a tiger, a lightning dragon, and my own weak flesh and blood son together! The sickly boy was dying, so I made him better, stronger, and healthy!", says the man. "How is that even possible?", asks Zero. "Here you stand, a creation unknown to me, and you ask that?", says the man.
"You! You're a mad man!", shouts Zero. "How unfortunate that you don't share my vision of excellence.", says the man. He then raises his hand and points at Zero while looking at Tora-Dora. "PLAY!", commands the man.
Tora-Dora bursts into a stream of blue electricity and reappears in front of Zero with both claws ready to slash. Zero locks hands with the claws before they slash, but the force of the giant beast knocks Zero backwards, making him fall on his back with Tora-Dora still locking hands with him.
"Exuberating! Your reflexes and strength can compete with my son! A normal man would have been torn to pieces instantly! Thank you! You've made me a proud father. You've given him the playmate he's always wanted!", says the man.
Zero struggles with the raw strength of Tora-Dora as the beast drools onto the helmet of Zero. The strange man opens his leather book and begins to write down notes with his fountain pen. "This is the best research I could ask for! I don't even know what you are! But you are marvelous!", exclaims the man. Suddenly, a purple arrow of lightning strikes the beast on his right side. It doesn't hurt him, but causes him to jump back, releasing Zero. A burst of purple electricity envelopes the beast, but he simply looks at his arms and legs uncertain of what the electricity is supposed to do. The electricity wears off and Tora-Dora stands puzzled, waiting for his next command.
Red Dawn runs out of a nearby bush towards Zero. While running, she notices the strange man who has paused from writing in his book. As she reaches Zero, she fully recognizes the man. "Bunsaki Tojo?", asks Red Dawn.
"General Ino Mitsurugi? Why are you here? I guess a better question is why are you interfering with my research?", he responds.
"What research? And what in the guiding stars is that thing?", loudly asks Red Dawn. "It's no 'thing'. Show some respect! It's my son. You've met before remember?", says the man.
Flash Back to 1 year ago- Grandoria Hospital
Red Dawn walks down an empty hallway and stops at a thick wooden door with a silver door knob. She is fully clad in her armor and is holding a bouquet of flowers. She knocks on the door lightly and waits for a response. A woman with a raspy voice responds on the other side of the door. "Just get in here, whoever it is. I know it's not that bastard. He would never show up for his son!", says the woman. Red Dawn opens the door and gently closes it behind her. Inside, a small boy, no older than eight, is laying on a hospital bed in the center of the room. He wears nothing except a white gown. His skin is noticeably pale as he lies asleep. A green sigil glows on and off, hovering over his body. The glow is very dim, representing a severely declined health, usually leading to a soon death.
Next to the bed, a woman sits in a white plastic chair wearing a red wig on the top of her head. She wears a small, green, dress with thin straps over her shoulders and red high heels on her feet. The dress is so short that her white, thong, underwear can be seen even though she is sitting down. In her hand is a lit cigarette. "The damn doctor said its glio...gliobana....glio-something", says the woman.
"Glioblastoma?", asks Red Dawn.
"Yea, that word.", replies the woman.
Red Dawn looks over at the young boy on the bed. He is breathing lightly. The woman in the chair takes a puff of her cigarette, then blows out smoke from her nose, "And you know what? That asshole had the nerve to not want to be around us. Said his research can't be stopped by a whore and I was never supposed to get pregnant from a 'good time', he said. The nerve of that bastard! You know, I may be a whore, but I make good money doin' it! The best silver can buy! Don't I look amazing Red Dawn!? Who wouldn't want to have my baby!?", shouts the woman as she puffs her cigarette again. Red Dawn simply smiles and takes a slight bow gesture towards the woman.
Red Dawn then places the flowers on the lap of the mother, gives her a hug, then leaves the room.
A short while later, Red Dawn is exiting the hospital building. She leaves out of the large glass doors and begins to walk towards her horse.
"Isn't it funny?", says a familiar voice nearby. Red Dawn looks around to see Bunsaki Tojo wearing a black, rumpled tuxedo with a white shirt underneath. His back is leaning against the hospital building as he looks up at the sky in a daze. "The people you sleep with end up being the people that you despise the most. I indulged in a whore. One feeling turned into a lifetime of hate. It wasn't supposed to happen but it did.", says Tojo.
Red Dawn walks towards Tojo and leans on the wall next to him without saying a word.
Tojo continues, "Nonetheless, I am a researcher! I'm an inventor! A creator! Most of the technology is this dam hospital are from my ideas, yet I'm hesitant to enter because of a whore! But....If I can change the world, surely I can change this! Yes! I'll fix it! Ha!....ha, ha,....ha,...ha, ha, ha, aaaaah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!".
Red Dawn quietly walks towards her horse, jumps on top of its back, then rides off, leaving the man with his own uncontrollable laughter.
Flash Forward to the Present Day-Torgan Mountain
"I told you I would fix it didn't I?", asks Tojo with an eerie smile.