The screen opened up to a white background and an armored stranger in white and red facing away from the audience.
"Once, there was a Giant of Light." a familiar voice narrated.
"The Giant of Light merged itself with a human and protected the world from numerous threats of destruction and chaos."
"Due to the invasion of aliens and giant monsters called 'Kaiju.'"
"Eventually, the Giant of Light completed its mission and returned to its home in a distant universe."
The white background and the stranger slowly shifted to a city in the night and a blue hair man in an orange jumpsuit. The man watched a bright red light soar above the sky and presumably into space.
"The human it had bonded with lost all memory of these events and returned to where he belonged."
The man was revealed to be Trial blazer, still looking at the light leave the planet in the starry night.
The world that had been released danger was at peace. Conflicts among humans have yet to cease, but threats to humanity from external enemies have disappeared entirely."
The transitions to an apartment building in the day, then it pans to the side to reveal a giant alien that towered over buildings.
The alien was a bipedal insect-like being with antennae, a carapace, and what appear to be wing shells on his back. Its eyes are located on either side of the glowing patch on its face. What disturbed the audience was the yellow parts on its body.
"Then decades later...this is the story of the world, where the Giant of Light, Ultraman, is the thing of the past."
The scene pans to reveal a giant silver and red humanoid in a combat stance.
The giant possesses two oval-shaped eyes, on the giant's chest possesses a blue crystal orb. The giant also has a dorsal fin, extending almost all the way down his back but not rising up very high on his skin, whose purpose is unknown. He has red around his neck and chest that looks like a trident, on his arms, his waist, upper thighs, and on his knees. The giant was almost as tall as Zetton.
Apparently, all of this was just a diorama, because a seven-year-old Flash was looking at it in fascination.
Flash wore his hoodie with a yellow shirt underneath. He also wore red shorts and red shoes. He was holding an Ultraman action figure.
"Woah!" Flash gasped.
Next to him was a slightly older women.She was currently giving a tour to a group of men in suits on the second floor.
"The Giant of Light Museum has recreated the many battles of Ultraman and the SSSP in these dioramas. Moving on!" She gestured the group to follow her, while Flash ran off to see more of the displays.
She moved towards a portrait of a group of people wearing the same outfit as her. "Next, please look at this. This is a picture of the members of the Scientific Special Search Party, also known as SSSP." she said as little Flash joined them.
On the portrait were Night light, Grand hoof, Cold steel, Misty vail, and Trail blazer.
"I guess I don't have really need to explain that though." she said with a smile.
"Flash." one of the men with blonde hair and glasses called out to the child. "Do you know which one is your dad?" he asked as he pointed at the portrait.
"I do!" Flash said and pointed at the bottom right man. "There you are!"
The man laughed. "That's right. You spotted me easily." he smiled and crouched down to ruffle Flash hair.
Trail was 58 years old now, wearing a dark gray suit.
Flash giggled. "I mean, you're my dad after all."
"Defense Minister blaze!" a man approached the father and son duo. Flash and Trial looked at the man.
He wore a brown two-piece suit with a red tie. He also red skin has gray hair and a mustache.
It was a 58-year-old Grand hoof.
"I haven't seen you since the spring meeting." Hoof said casually.
"Hoof, you're here too?" Trial was surprised to see his old friend.
"You bet." the two shook hands. Then hoof noticed Flash and crouched down.
"Flash. You've grown." He noted. "Do you know which one is me?" he gestured at the picture.
"You're that one!" Flash pointed at the bottom left man.
"Good job. You spotted me easily!" Hoof congratulated the boy, and the girl with them clapped again.
He ruffled Flash hair. "Like your father, you're sharp too, Flash."
Flash looked at Trail. "Hey dad, can I look over there?"
"Sure, but don't run." He answered his son.
"Okay." and with that, the boy ran giggling while Hoof and Trial watched him go.
Trail sighed. "You must love him more than anything." Hoof said to his friend.
"I didn't have him until I was older, after all." Trail said in slight sadness. "More importantly, what are you doing here again today?" he asked.
"Well, I happened to be nearby for work. Then when I heard you were at the museum, I thought I would pay you a visit since I haven't seen you in a while." Hoof answered.
Meanwhile, Flash was looking at the Jet VTOL hanging from the ceiling. He was starting to climb the railings.
"Excuse me, I hate to interrupt while you're talking. Can I have your autograph?" a random employee approached Trail and Hoof with a clipboard, prompting Trial's guards to take action.
"Sorry, but that's not allowed." one of the guards said.
"I don't mind." Trail insisted and approached the employee.
This made the employee happy. "Thank you, I really appreciate it!" he bowed.
The scene briefly cuts back to Flash and the Jet VTOL. He was still trying to reach it. Then it cuts back to Trial and hoofs group.
"Thank you!" the employee bowed.
"No problem." Trail waved him off.
Hoof, on the other hand, was slightly jealous. "Hey, don't you want my autograph?" both the employee and Tra looked at him funny.
Before any of them could say anything, a loud thud and the girl screaming got their attention.
She was looking over the railing with a panicked look on her face. Trail immediately rushed to see what happened. He gasped at what he saw. His son, Flash laying on the floor, seemingly lifeless.
"FLASH!"
All of them rushed downstairs to get the child. When they did, Trial immediately rushed to Flash side and held him.
"Flash!" he cradled his son in his arms. "Flash! Hey, Flash!" Trail has a worried look on his face. Miraculously, Flash stirred and opened his eyes. He started to cry, hurt from the fall. Whereas the others couldn't believe someone survived a fall like that, a child no less!
"Trial, we need to get him to a hospital!" Hoof said to his friend.
"He's alright." Trail stated, much to the confusion of everyone. He lifted his son up and prepared to leave. Hoof was confused as hell on why wasn't trail taking Flash to the hospital and why did he say he was alright.
"'Alright?' Did you see how far he fell?!" Hoof yelled.
"He's not hurt anymore." Trail reassured his friend. "He's just crying because he's scared." he said as he started to go with his guards. But Hoof wasn't convinced in the slightest.
"Hey!" Hoof called out and grabbed Flash's Ultraman action figure and followed them.
Outside the museum, Trail and Flash went inside their car and drove off. Flash, from the backseat, waved goodbye at hoof, and the employee.
"Bye-bye!" he waved happily, not crying anymore.
"Bye!" the employee waved back. Hoof didn't say anything, he has his arms crossed and started to wonder why Trail didn't get any help, how Flash survived a long fall, and why was Trail relaxed during it all.
From the backseat, Trail looked at his old friend with an unreadable expression. The ride back to their house was quiet.
The scene cuts to an apartment building at night, from inside, a woman with white skin and her hair tied to a bun, she was misty Vail.
"Has Flash gone to sleep?" Trail asked his wife, misty. He was sitting on the couch.
"Yes, I think he was exhausted. He's deep asleep." she answered.
"I see." Trail nodded. Misty left to make some tea, leaving Trial with his own devices. "No doubt about it." he muttered and pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration.
"That boy isn't normal." he said to himself. He then proceeded to browse photos of him and his former colleagues on his tablet with growing frustration. Something wasn't right with him, there was something missing, something he can't remember, and it was driving him crazy!
He eventually gave up and leaned on the couch.
"Why? Why?" he muttered.
He got up and started to call Grand Hoof, maybe he knows something, he always does.
"Sorry to call you this late. Can I see you now?" he asked.
The scene cuts back to the Ultraman museum at midnight.
"Why are we meeting here again?" Hoof asked.
The two adults were inside the building. Fortunately, they managed to get the keys to the building so they could have a chat.
"You're not comfortable at your old workplace?" Hoof asked.
"I'm fine" Trail answered, but the truth is, he's not fine.
"So, what is it you want to talk about?" Ozpin asked his friend.
Time to confess. "Actually..." Trail started, earning Hoof attention. "I have no memory." he said.
"You have no memory?" Hoof repeated.
"...Yes." Trail said.
"Memory of what?" Hoof asked.
Trail then walked towards the Ultraman statue, standing triumphantly at the center of the building.
"How can I put this?" he said. "I...have no memory of seeing Ultraman." Trail finally said it.
"You mean, you don't know what Ultraman did?" Hoof asked.
"That's right."
"That's crazy!" Hoof said. "I mean back then you were with me in the SSSP."
Trail growled in frustration. "Yes, I know that!" he placed his hands on the stone stairway.
Then hoof got an idea. "In the final battle, when Zetton showed up, you hit your head pretty hard-"
"That's not what I meant!" Trail shouted. In his frustration, he slammed his fists on the stairway and smashed it. This shocked him and backed away.
Hoof saw it and got a closer look. "Look at this. That's pretty amazing." he praised.
"But, why did you wait until now to tell me such an important thing?" He asked his friend.
Trail was quiet for a second "...I can't hide it anymore."
"You mean Flash?" Ozpin asked.
"Yes." Nicholas nodded. Then he turned to hoof. "You saw it too. That boy isn't normal. He may be even stronger than me." he said.
They both stayed quiet until hoof spoke. "Actually, there's something that I want you to see. Come with me." then he walked towards the elevator.
Trail followed him, confused. "Where are we going?"
"Just follow me." Hoof said. He pressed the down button on the elevator, which is odd since there's no underground parking area.
In the elevator, Trail was starting to get suspicious of this building. "This is nothing more than a museum, right?"
"No. It's not." Hoof revealed. Trail just gave him a surprised look, which made hoof smirk.
The elevator doors opened. Hoof was right, it wasn't just a museum, it was a secret headquarters. a lot of computer systems, a second floor with a meeting room, and there were people working
This place is operational, the museum is just for show." Hoof said.
Trail was shocked to see everything. "What the heck is this? What's going on?" he demanded.
"Hold on, I'm getting to that." Hoof reassured his friend, but everyone can tell he was being smug about this. "The Mistral office of the SSSP is still going strong." he said.
Trail was staring at hoof for an answer.
On the second floor's meeting room, trail sat on a couch with a table and a laptop in front. He was trying to wrap his head around all of this. How long has this been here? Why didn't anyone tell him about this? What was going on?
Hoof went up to him with two coffee mugs. "Have you calmed down a little?" he asked.
"Of course, I can't calm down. I have no idea what's going on." Trail answered as hoof gave him a mug.
"Well, I can understand why you're surprised." Hoof said as they both took a sip.
"But, there's a reason why I've kept it hidden." Hoof told Nicholas.
"What reason would that be?" Trail asked.
Hoof was silent for a second and put his mug on the table. "Actually, right now, earth is facing a new danger." he revealed, making trail sit straighter.
Hoof opened up the laptop and pressed a button. "Look at this."
It was a video of an airplane leaving an airport.
"Is this the incident from six months ago?" Trail asked.
"That's right." Hoof confirmed.
The video continued as the plane got high in the air, then suddenly, it blew up. Killing everyone on board. Hoof paused it.
At first we were told it was a terrorist attack." Hoof said. "But then it was cleared up by saying it was improper maintenance."
Trail nodded in understanding. "Look closely at this." Hoof zoomed in on the video, at the center of the explosion.
Then he enhanced the video to make it clear, revealing someone floating.
"Who is that?" Trail looked at hoof, but he continued to enhance the video.
Trail narrowed his eyes on the stranger that caused the explosion. He looked familiar...
"This accident was caused by this guy." Hoof said. The image became clear.
The suspect was wearing some sort of metallic silver armor with blue eyes and sharp angles. He looks very similar to Ultraman...
Trial narrowed his eyes at the alien then his eyes widened.
"Ultraman?" He spoke. Trail grabbed his head in pain as he started to remember.
He remembered encountering a red light during a mission on the SSSP's VTOL Jet, and a being coming straight at him.
"ARGH!" Trail yelled and slammed his hands on the table and knocked the laptop off, with the alien still on the screen.
Trail panted, trying to regain his bearings. Hoof looked at his friend in concern.
"Did you remember something?" he asked. Trail looked at him and weakly nodded.
"I...was Ultraman." he said.
"I knew that." Hoof said while Trail looked at him shocked. "Everyone in the SSSP realized it."
"What? Then why didn't you say anything?!" Trail got up and grabbed hoof by the arm and didn't apply much pressure to snap his arm.
"What if the world found out?" Hoof asked him calmly. "You and flash would be treated like guinea pigs." he stated matter of factly.
Trail let him go and sat back down on the couch, trying to comprehend everything.
"You and your son...have inherited the genes of Ultraman." Hoof revealed.
Trail looked at him confused. "'The genes of Ultraman?'" he repeated.
"We did it to protect both of you. I'm sorry." Hoof said.
Trail was quiet for a moment. "...You mean, the SSSP has kept operating for our sakes?" the scene briefly pans to several agents working.
"That's right. But now it's the time for it to perform its original function." Hoof states.
Trail got up. "Because of him?" he referred to the Ultraman-look-alike on the laptop.
"This time, he's not friendly to humanity." Hoof said. "I know I've hidden this from you, but will you cooperate with me now?"
The two friends stared at each other for a moment, before Trail could give an answer.