I opened my eyes to find myself once again inside of the cylinder. I was sitting on the floor, upright this time. (It's a good thing too. I probably would have fallen over if I was upside down again.) Steam flooded in the inside of the metal can. I could barely see myself as I grabbed hold of the curved walls and pulled myself up. My head was hurting a bit as I got on my feet. I guess fusing together with my grandmother's older half has its side effects. Yet-and I don't know why-but I felt physically different for some reason.
I didn't have time to inspect myself. The container's door hissed opened, the steam bellowing outward. My eyes readjusted themselves from the steamy atmosphere to various shades of yellow and brown that became the lab. I heard the bottom one opening as well and a bit of a satisfied laughed.
I walked down the rusty metal steps to meet with the others. Grandmother Yoko- I mean, just Yoko had walked out of the steps. Her old elderly clothes dropped and dragged over her newer and younger body now, folding up against the floor. Her hair had regained it's color, rejuvenated to its full crimson color. She looked over at me, smiling wide and holding out her arms. I couldn't help but dash over to her and embrace her, holding her close. She hugged tight, rubbing her hands up and down my back.
After a few seconds, she let go, stepped back, and examined me up and down. She put her hands on her hips, a grin stretching from ear to ear. Viral, however, facepalmed.
"Well look at you!" Yoko said, giggling a bit. "All the guys are gonna be chasing after you soon!"
I couldn't help but blush a bit. "Yoko, what do you mean?"
"She means that you've gone from dirty bitch to a cute bitch." Sylvia took a picture of me with her phone. I had to blink a few times after the flash, the bubbles popping around me.
Sylvia walked over to me, pulling up the picture that she took. "Look for yourself." She handed me the phone.
OH. MY. BOOBS. I'm not kidding! Based on the picture, I had boobs! Like, Yoko sized boobs! I may have physically changed, but my clothes didn't. My shirt had shrunk to a stop just above my belly button, turning it into a light blue tank top. My jeans had shrunk to just below my knees. Oh my god. I was one hot girl! I couldn't help by marvel at myself. I mean, I've gone from a zero to what any guy (or girl. Hey, I don't mind) would rate "Ten out of ten would bang."
Yoko snapped her fingers in front of my face. "Hey! Narcissus!"
"Oh yeah!" I handed the phone back to Sylvia, who scowled at me a bit. ">.< Sorry. I'm just...surprised, that's all."
"Hey, it's fine." Yoko hugged me again, this one shorter than before. "Now let's home and get a change of-"
The ground suddenly shook terribly. I nearly fell on the concrete floor, but Yoko caught me. Viral ran out the workshop entrance, looking over the crater wall and into Kamina City.
"There's more of them!" Viral shouted back, clenching his fist and snarling, bearing his sharp teeth. He ran back inside the factory, we followed close behind. Viral climbed the scaffolding and into Enkigann's chest mouth. The mouth closed and Enkigann stepped over the scaffolding and through the factory door.
"Viral!" Yoko shouted. Enkigann stopped just above the crater. "You can't fight all of those Gunman by yourself!"
"You're right." Enkigann turned towards us. "Do you think it's time to power him back up?"
"Him?" I was confused a bit. "Who's him?"
Yoko walked towards me, grabbing hold of my shoulders. "Inoichi," she stated. "Viral needs us to power up Gurren Lagann again."
I was speechless! I mean, I just got a sweet bod not even five minutes ago and now she's dropping this on top of me?
"B-but!" I stuttered a bit. "I thought Gurren Lagann was just a myth! A legend!"
Yoko shook her head. "He's not. Not in the least." Enkigann stepped over us and went to the back of the factory. He used his four arms to lift up the scaffolding, placing it against the side walls of the factory.
"You people better stand back." Viral warned us. Sylvia, Yoko, and I stepped back a bit as Enkigann sent his fist through the wall. He pulled it out, leaving a massive hole in the wall. I could seen the faint color of red behind it. There was another room behind the wall! Enkigann grabbed the top, the bottom, and both sides of the hole and pulled, increasing the size of the hole. A storm of dust filled the factory as the back wall came crashing down with each chunk Enkigann ripped out. Yoko and Sylvia covered their eyes, but I pulled my goggles on and kept watching because I felt that if I didn't watch, I would miss something important.
Enkigan stepped back, the dust quickly clearing around us. I was rendered motionless as I marveled at the massive crimson man that stood before us. He looked to be same height as Enkigann, but he seemed stronger. Like, a lot stronger. He had long crimson legs that had silver armor across the shins. He had a face on his chest like Enkigann, but this one was red with sharper fangs, a more excited smile, and a gigantic pair of black sunglasses. Yes, sunglasses. His arms were placed at his sides with yellow diamond shaped shoulder pads that each displayed a flaming red skull that also wore a pair of sunglasses, exactly like the ones the face was wearing. But unlike Enkigann, this man had a had with another face on it. The white eyes seemed empty, but I saw the helmet that it wore on his head and I could tell that this thing was made for battle. It had a circular crest like Enkigann, but a section of it was missing out of the right side, making one horn longer than the other.
"After we fused your infant self with Simon," Viral began explaining, "I stored Gurren Lagann in the factory and built this wall so that when the time was right, we might be able to use him again. It's been almost one hundred years since we've used him in battle, or for anything else at that." Enkigann kneeled down, holding out his hand. I knew that I had to climb in. Enkigann lifted me up to Gurren Lagann's head. I felt the helmet with my left hand. It was freezing cold! Jesus Christ, you could freeze hell over with how cold his helmet was!
The drill pendent began to glow a light green as I got closer. I took the necklace from around my neck and held it in my hand. The glow faded in and out, glowing a bit brighter with each time the color faded in. I looked down to see Gurren Lagann's eyes glow in sync to my drill. The top of the helmet opened up, revealing a seat and two long rods on the inside. I jumped inside, the helmet closing above me. In front of me was a control panel with a large dim green circle in the middle of it, in the middle of that a smaller circle with a spiral design in it. It was dark inside his head, the only thing providing light was the glowing control panel.
"You've gotta insert your core drill Inoichi!" I heard Yoko's voice order me! I flinched at the sound of her voice. It sounded a lot more booming and a lot more terrifying than the calm tone she used earlier.
"Okay! Okay!" I replied in a fright. I took a deep breath as I held the drill between my fingers. "Well here goes nothing!" With all the power that I had, I slammed the drill into the control panel!
...Nothing happened. Oh shit. I broke it!
"Yoko! I think I broke it!"
"You just have to turn it!" She replied. "Just give it a nice hard twist! :D"
I took another deep breath and turned the drill. A bright neon green spiral burst out of the center circle, quickly filling up the outer circle. A screen popped up in front of me, showing the factory, Enkigann and Sylvia before me. Another screen popped up off to the left of it, showing Yoko, who was smiling at me.
She laughed a bit. "You look like you're about to have a heart attack!"
"I am!" I looked around the space I was in. It was small, but cozy. "This is amazing!"
"I know!"
"Wait, where are you?" I looked at the background behind Yoko. It looked similar to mine.
"I'm in Gurren." She replied.
"Gurren?"
"Gurren Lagann is made up of two Gunman in total. The bottom half is named Gurren. The head, which is where you are now, is call Lagann."
"So Lagann is on top of Gurren."
"Exactly."
"Then why isn't he called Lagann Gurren?"
"...I'll explain later. For now, grab hold of the controls and let's get going!" The screen disappeared. I looked at the silver rods that were on both sides. I guess she means these I thought to myself. I grabbed hold of them, my heart beating faster and faster.
Gurren Lagann stepped forward, stepping past Enkigann and Sylvia and out of the factory. I have no idea how I'm doing this, but I am love it! I just had to think and Gurren Lagann did it!
Enkigann stepped next to us. Two more screens popped up on my screen display, one with Viral and one with Yoko. Viral was smiling wide which kinda scared me.
"Ready?" he asked.
"As ready as I'll ever be." Yoko replied. "I've only piloted Gurren Lagann once before. What about you Inoichi?"
The stared at me for a second as I thought for a second. "I'm in a giant Gunman about to fight a battle that might end up killing me. I'm only 16 Yoko. I don't think I can do this. >.<"
I could hear Sylvia's voice behind me. "Is Little Miss Dirty Bitch scared of a little fight?"
"Scared?" I called back. Adrenaline burst through my veins at the sound of that word. "Scared?!" I pulled my goggles over my eyes, a smile coming over my once fearful face. "Tell my Sylvia, just who the hell do you think I am?!" In that instant, I made Gurren Lagann leap feet first into the crater, landing on the feet below and we began dashing into battle. Enkigann jumped in after us and quickly caught up.
I turned my head to see Sylvia still on the crater wall, jumping up and down in anger. Of course we left her up there.
This is a strict No Bitch Mission!
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