"So, that's it, huh?" Levi said as she leaned back and the screen turned off. "Impressive... That Megah." She chuckled, her shoulders shaking as her chair leaned back with her.
"So that's what they're called, huh?" A familiar male voice spoke up and Levi turned to see Straight Kuma standing at the doorway. "Powerful monster, I admit, nearly managed to kill a SS mage." Levi narrowed her eyes at him. "Though, I suspect that the real reason you wanted myself, Asuka and Tetsunami out there was to just weaken up the group, not that any of us did a very good job at that."
"Perceptive, though I'm surprised you stuck around, I thought you left?"
He snorted at her. "Made a nice little ten kilometer round trip to watch the fight unfold from across the river. You set everyone up, didn't you?"
Levi rotated her chair to look at him, her eyes showing contempt for his questions. "So what if I did? It's amazing how fast people jump on false information that I circulated."
Kuma growled and squeezed his hands into a fist. "You bitch. You nearly killed two of the prettiest ladies I've seen."
Levi raised an eyebrow. "You're upset because the Megah stabbed Fate Testarossa?"
"No!" Kuma growled at her. "Though she's lovely, I was talking about Tiyana and Alisa." Levi just blinked several times. "Your monster could have killed them with ease, and then I'd have nothing to look forward to the next time I encounter that group."
Groaning, the blue-haired Mazoku just had to wonder what the hell she was thinking when she asked this guy to work for her. "I see, anyway, I don't have a job for you right now," she turned away, grabbed a small bag and tossed it over her shoulder, "there's your standard payment for this one."
Kuma snorted and looked at the screen as two bodies appeared on it. "...Who are they?"
"Asuka and Tetsunami's replacements." Levi grinned as she looked at the bodies on the screen. "I admit, I was rather shocked when I found these two, and their power..." She grinned savagely as she pushed a few buttons on the console. Her eyes flashed as a door opened up on the far side of the room as two human-sized tubes were rolled out on carts.
"What the heck are those for?" Kuma was less surprised by the fact that they were rolled out automatically than he was by the fact that she had some human-sized tubes.
Levi smirked, somewhat grateful that Jail never sought to categorize how many tubes he had, a few missing never did anything. "A holding field, for THIS!" She typed a few more buttons before slamming down the enter key.
If Kuma wasn't wearing his glasses, he would have had to have looked away from the powerful flash of light that engulfed the room. When the light dimmed, even Kuma had to admit, he was impressed as he saw the two females in the tubes. "Quite interesting."
Levi grinned savagely. "And to think, they were going to be stuck between this dimension and Death Fog's universe."
Kuma just looked at her in confusion, wondering what she meant by that.
(---)
Walking into Quattro's lab, Uno narrowed her eyes as she saw the glasses wearing cyborg watching the battle again. "Quattro." Turning, the younger of the two wondered what was going on before a punch sent her sprawling to the ground. "Just what the hell were you thinking? That Megah's power..."
Quattro rubbed her jaw and saw that the punch had knocked her glasses off of her face. "What's your problem?" Quattro stood up and looked at Uno, the bruise on her face already healing. "I was testing the Megah with its AMS. If we're going prove that the Bureau, that the people of this planet aren't ready for another Mazoku like Death Bringer, you need something really strong. And if a few weak people end up... Getting removed from the picture, well, that can't be helped." She crossed her arms under her breasts and smirked at Uno. "Let me ask you this, U~n~o..." She sing-songed as Uno twitched slightly, "how would you go around showing the Bureau how weak they are? Unless you injure and kill one of their strongest operatives, there's no real way to prove anything."
"Try and keep casualties to a minimum... And make sure that you program those things not to attack the first thing that moves."
Quattro just grinned more savagely at Uno. "My dear sister, the Megah... It isn't just a stupid piece of machinery... It can learn... And all of its data is sent back here." Uno's face had a look of sick realization as Quattro nodded. "Think... Each one learns what the previous ones knew and then can use that to fight more effectively."
"...They're monsters." Uno managed to stutter out.
"They would be..." Quattro sighed heavily. "If the OS wasn't so freaking ancient that the new technology we use takes time to adapt. So, even if they learn, it's not instantaneous." She narrowed her eyes while grinning. "However, I'm working on that problem. That's why I don't send another one in to finish them off right now."
"Plus Lutecia's not there to summon them?" Uno smirked as Quattro twitched at that. "Next time, Quattro... Just use a bomb or something."
Quattro looked at Uno and chuckled softly, causing Uno to blink in confusion.
'If only you knew, Uno, if only you knew what kind of bombs I have.'
(---)
"Otto!" The brown-haired cyborg turned and blinked as Sein ran up to her. "How are you?"
"I am fine, now, if you'll..." She stopped as Sein got behind her and hugged her tightly. "...Sein? If this an attempt to grope my chest, you know that I do not have much on my chest to grope. You would have better luck with Cinque than myself."
Sein shook her head as she made Otto rest her head against the slightly taller cyborg's chest. "I saw the battle... We all did..." Otto went stiff and Sein wasn't surprised by that. "I don't know what happened, but that had to be scary, huh?" Otto nodded slowly as Sein turned her so she could hug Otto more properly. "Are you okay?" Otto shook her head and trembled softly. "Wanna talk?"
"...No." Otto's mind flashed back to the battle and all that happened in it, before shuddering again. Such a thing, it was insane. How could anyone just block her attack so easily? "Sein, is it okay to say that I do not like fighting? My heart pounds, my head hurts and I feel like my body is going to tear itself apart, and I do not know why."
Sein didn't have an answer for that, she just stood there, holding Otto tightly. 'When did I become like this?'
An image of Nove trembling and hugging her after Dieci had gone berserk came to her mind and Sein sighed softly. No matter what, she couldn't leave her sisters alone when they were hurting somehow.
Even if it meant giving up everything, she would be there to hug her sisters.
Tre would hug her when she needed to hug someone, after all.
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"So, you two are sisters, huh?" Kuma asked as he looked at the two more closely. One was in a blue skirt with a white and blue shirt and wore a blue jacket on her body. Her feet had a pair of dark blue shoes on while a pair of guns were easily seen in the holsters that were against her body. Her dark pink, almost red, hair was done up in a long, braided ponytail while her green eyes looked around in confusion.
"Yep!" The other one, this one with long pink hair and eyes, nodded at him, grinning. She was wearing red shoes, a light red, almost pink skirt, a white and red shirt with a bright red jacket on her shoulders. On her back was a very large two handed sword that was almost as large as she was. The handle was red and black, the edge of the sword was white and the middle was black. "My name is Kyrie and this is my sister, Amitie."
Levi smirked as she looked at the two of them. "Kuma, get them used to this world."
"As long as you're the only demon around here, I might like this world." Amitie said, causing Levi to stare at her, her pupils shrinking. "...What? I'm from a universe where there's lots of demons running around, I've learned to pick them out."
"That would explain a lot." Kuma narrowed his eyes at Levi.
Levi smirked at him. "A demon, I may be, but my master always told me, always honor your commitments. So long as you do what I ask, there won't be any problems."
Kyrie shrugged and looked at her sister. "Eh, no different than the Mazoku back home, huh?"
Kuma just looked at the three and wondered what kind of nuts these two were. "...I take it that you probably don't want people knowing about you?"
Levi grinned slowly. "You're getting it. Just keep your mouths shut, do the missions that I ask, and there won't be... Any problems between us, capiche?"
"Whatever. Can we go now?" Amitie asked, getting a smirk from Levi.
After the three left, Levi growled softly. "...Those two might be a problem."
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As they walked out to Kuma's car, the man looked at Kyrie, or rather, her sword. "I don't suppose you can sheath that somehow, can you?" The girl blinked and pulled her large sword off of her back and Kuma watched as she held it up and the blade seemed to fold into itself before shrinking down and the handles on the hilt folded up, covering the blade and making it look like a normal short staff. She then clipped it to her waist and smiled at him.
"Kyrie," Amitie shook her head, "couldn't you have kept that hidden?"
"Come on, Ami," Kyrie winked at her sister as she walked over to the car, "we're not at home anymore, and from what Kuma-san's reactions, there aren't too many Mazoku in this universe."
"Guess so," Amitie got into the passenger side after Kyrie popped the seat forward to jump into the back. Pushing the seat back into position, Amitie sat down and buckled up as Kuma got in and started the car up. "Oh well, it's no different than back home."
"That bad?" Kuma asked, getting a shrug from Amitie.
"Depends. You're either on the side of the Shinzoku or Mazoku. Very few people last long enough without being aligned to either side." Amitie closed her eyes and leaned back against the seat. "Before you think that we chose our side, I'll have you know that it wasn't by choice. Our father made a deal with the Mazoku and basically made us so we could fight on their side."
"Sins of the father, huh?" Kuma grinned as he punched the gas, making his car take off down the highway at over five times the speed limit. "It's always a pain in the butt whenever the parents make a choice for the children and then when it's time to collect you've got no choice in the matter, even though that's what you want more than anything, am I right?"
In her seat, Kyrie hummed softly. "Nah. We were alive and able to learn, so it wasn't like we lost out on too much. Neither the Mazoku nor Shinzoku seemed to eager to go to war, but having to serve one side or the other for your whole life, well," she shrugged at that, "what's the point of resisting?"
"You two really don't care that you're working for a demon?" Kuma would have looked at them, but he was too busy outracing all the cars on the freeway.
"You didn't care either, until you found out she was a Mazoku." Amitie said, not the least bit concerned with how fast they were going. "She hasn't stabbed us yet."
"Or boiled us alive." Kyrie added. "Course, she could have set us on fire..."
"Or cut into our legs." Amitie shook her head. "Good thing there was always a healer nearby."
"Mazoku are pretty evil, huh?"
"They need our pain and suffering to live, actually," Kyrie chirped up, not sounding the least bit upset about anything, "Could always be worse, we could be subject to a tentacle demon, those girls never survive for more than five years."
"It really doesn't matter. One master or another, we'll always be someone's slave." Amitie took a deep breath and opened her eyes.
"Don't you two have dreams for the future?"
Kyrie gave him an answer that chilled Kuma down to the bones, "what good are dreams? Hope for freedom and the future only leads to misery and pain. Just live with what you have and if you're still alive at the end of the day, be thankful."
(---)
Balling her hands into fists, Hayate took several deep breaths to try and control herself. "That's twice now..." She started pacing in her office, back and forth, looking every bit pissed off that she felt.
Reinforce merely watched her as she grumbled about several things at once. "They all came back alive, be thankful for that."
Hayate took several deep breaths and nodded stiffly. "I know... I know." She was so stressed out at that moment that she didn't know what to do.
The next thing Hayate knew, she was picked up by Reinforce, who walked over to her chair, put Hayate down in it and started to rub her shoulders. "Nnnngh..."
"Right now, there's not much we can do, Hayate, just try to relax, things should be getting better now. As soon as we have all reports on what happened, we can make plans to avoid this in the future."
Hayate just sighed and let Reinforce massage her back and neck.
(---)
"Yuuno-kun, Fate-chan..." Nanoha said softly as she walked into the hospital room. "Erio-kun and Subaru are both in other rooms right now. Subaru should be fine soon enough, but Erio was hurt pretty badly. If not for Ragudo Mezzagis, he'd be dead right now." She squeezed her hands into fists as she walked in between the beds. "I should have been there. I could have..."
"Shut up, Nanoha." Yuuno said, causing her to gasp as he looked at her. "We all could have done more, we were taken by surprise by a few things that thing could do, okay? Besides," he sat up and groaned as he did so, "next time I'm putting a barrier field up first then healing."
"Yuuno-kun..." Nanoha smiled and hugged him.
"Oww, oww, oww..." Yuuno groaned as she let go of him. "Back's sore."
"Sorry," Nanoha said softly and cupped his face and kissed him on the lips. "Mmmm..."
"Not the sight I wanna see after nearly dying." Fate said as she groaned, both from the pain in her head and her stomach. "My sister kissing her boyfriend." Her voice was laced with annoyance and some jealousy.
Nanoha broke the kiss with Yuuno and turned to look at Fate and grinned at her. "What? Would Fate-chan like a kiss as well?"
Fate blushed heavily and nodded slowly. "Well, I wouldn't..." When Nanoha suddenly grabbed her and picked her up, she started fidgeting. "Um, Nanoha, I don't mind this, but, um... Yuuno's watching and... Hey!" Fate yelped as Nanoha moved so that the blood and IV drips, which were on a wheeled stand, moved with her, "Nanoha, what are you?" Her eyes widened as she was taken over to Yuuno's bed and sat down on it. "Nanoha?"
Nanoha grinned at Fate and Yuuno. "I said that the next time that Fate-chan got a kiss, it would be from Yuuno-kun."
Yuuno started blushing at that. "Um, Nanoha, I don't think Fate would..."
"...If it's Yuuno, I wouldn't mind," Fate squirmed on the bed slightly. "But no other guys."
Nanoha blinked a few times and grinned at that. "Well, that's good, I'd hate to see Fate-chan become a kissing fiend and go after everyone's lips like Hayate-chan goes after our boobs."
Yuuno just groaned as he heard that. Looking at Fate looking at him nervously, he smiled leaned in and gave her a kiss on the lips. His eyes widened as she hugged him and returned the kiss.
"Whoo hoo! Go boss! This is better than when she was drunk, huh?"
Fate broke the kiss and rested her head on Yuuno's chest. "It's not fair..." She pouted, causing Nanoha and Yuuno to blink at her. "I only get to kiss someone I like when I'm either hurt or drunk or feeling down." She looked at Nanoha and sighed heavily. "And you... It's not fair that you're my sister."
Nanoha shrugged and sat down on Fate's bed. "Miyuki-nee was trying to get Kyouya-nii to choose her over others. By the way, Yuuno-kun, I thought you were still with Miyuki-nee."
Yuuno blushed heavily. "Ah, well... She's still on Earth, I'm here, we kind of put our relationship on hold since we can't be together as often as we'd like. If we find someone else, we both agreed it wouldn't be bad."
Fate sighed heavily and groaned as her body throbbed in pain. "That mission sucked. Can't believe that I got stabbed like that." She let out a small yelp as she felt Yuuno's hands touch her butt. "Hey!"
"Sorry!" Yuuno gulped as Fate glared at him while blushing. "Didn't mean to."
"Your ass is awesome, Fate, take it as a compliment."
"Quiet you." Yuuno, Fate and Nanoha all said at the same time.
"I think I could have beaten it if I didn't have to worry about friendly fire." Fate said after a moment. "I had to hold back so that I wouldn't hurt anyone."
Yuuno nodded as he rubbed her back. "I think that way too. Caro's summons were able to over-power the field, so even though those fields are really powerful and against magic, they can be overwhelmed."
None of them noticed Teana, who had been just outside of the room, suddenly turn and leave quickly.
"How did they all do anyway?" Nanoha asked, getting a smile from Yuuno and Fate. "That good?"
"Yeah, better than we expected..." Yuuno trailed off as he remembered something. "What happened to those two that Ginga and Subaru were fighting?"
"Heavily injured, one of them might not make it through the night." Nanoha shook her head. "I hope they'll be okay. If not, it might take a long time to get information from them."
"I don't like getting cut up and stabbed so much." Fate muttered and closed her eyes. "Next time that a mission comes up, I think I'll go into it with my limiter off, Nanoha, you should as well."
"Don't worry." Nanoha smiled at her. "Hayate-chan already told me that she's going to yell at everyone until she can get the limiters removed from us for all missions."
Fate smiled at that. "Good."
Aaaand....
Fully caught up.
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A few minutes ago...
Teana groaned as she walked with just the barest hint of a limp in her step. It wasn't because her leg was injured anymore, that had been fixed up rather quickly. No, her heels hurt for some odd reason, it made walking a slight pain. It wasn't anything that she couldn't get fixed with some quick healing or a massage, but it was still slightly painful.
But that was barely on her mind at that moment. She had wanted to see how the others had been doing, Fate, Yuuno and Erio had to be rushed for emergency medical treatment and even Subaru needed medical treatment for her leg. "I think I need to get a bionic ankle or something." Teana groused as she made her way down the hallway. She wanted to see how Fate and Yuuno were doing.
"I had to hold back so that I wouldn't hurt anyone." Fate's voice came through the open door, causing Teana to blink a few times.
"I think that way too. Caro's summons were able to over-power the field, so even though those fields are really powerful and against magic, they can be overwhelmed." Yuuno's voice was heard next and Teana tried to fight off the sudden cold feeling in her chest as she turned and, ignoring the way her heels started screaming at her, ran down the hallway, trying to get the cold chill to leave her body.
Ignoring the way people were looking at her, Teana made her way to the elevator and pushed a random button, not caring where it took her, but she just had to get away from what she just heard. 'Is that... How little they think about me?'
"Listen, little missy, at this level, only the freaks of nature can survive, if you're normal, you're likely to get hurt."
Teana trembled and screwed her eyes shut. She didn't need to remember that. She just needed to get out of there. Maybe get some fresh air and do something.
When the door dinged open, Teana turned and ran out, only to run head-first into a pair of large breasts, causing her to fall on her butt. Looking up, she saw Vita looking at her with a raised eyebrow. "Do you make it a habit to run into people's chests? Because I gotta tell you, there are easier ways to say hello." Offering Teana a hand, she helped the girl up. "Teana, follow me, will you?"
Teana nodded and followed Vita, blinking as she realized that they were on the roof. "Uh..."
"I come up here to think, it's got a great view." Vita said as she walked back to Teana, grabbed the girl by her wrist and led her to the edge. "See?"
Teana blinked several times and looked out at the scenery, nodding. It really was beautiful.
"So why do you look like you're about to do something stupid." Vita said as she sat down on the edge of the building, her long legs sticking over the edge. She didn't even look at Teana as she continued to speak. "I know a thing or two about stupid things, Teana. I've done more than my fair share in the past three years. Mom and dad get pretty upset about it."
"...Why do you keep doing them then?"
Vita shrugged at that. "I enjoy what I do, there's nothing wrong with it, even if mom and dad don't like it, I take precautions and I have Shamal check me out every few weeks." Turning to look at Teana, Vita narrowed her eyes at her. "Though, for some reason, something tells me that you aren't about to try something stupid like that, maybe you were going to jump off of the roof here," Vita turned her head and leaned forward, "sure is a long way down, you'd be a nice splatter mark at the bottom." Sitting back up, Vita looked at Teana, who was pale, "or maybe you just needed to get outside?"
"Y, yeah..." Teana nodded and trembled softly. "I..." She looked down and reached around to squeeze her right arm. "I overheard Fate-san and Yuuno-san talking... And..." She trembled, her eyes burning as she remembered their words. "I think it would have been better if I hadn't been there."
"Really?" Vita's voice sounded confused as she looked out at the city. "From what I heard, if you hadn't been there, Fate would likely be dead right now."
"H..Huh? But, they said that if there wasn't anyone around..."
"Yeah, friendly fire's a bitch to deal with." Vita admitted as she looked at Teana, her eyes narrowed slightly, "it's not you, Teana. The stronger spells that we have," Vita gestured to the city, "would wipe that out easily." Teana's eyes widened as she stared at Vita, who didn't take her eyes off of the younger girl. "Fate and Yuuno have years of working together and know how to protect each other from explosions like that." She pointed at Teana. "You, on the other hand, do not. If Fate had been by herself, or with just one other person, she wouldn't have hesitated to let loose some of her strongest stuff on the thing that hurt her. The more people around her though, the more she hesitates, and for good reason."
"That is..?" Teana blinked and Vita sighed as she pushed herself away from the edge.
"You're smart, Teana." Vita stood up and smiled at her as she walked to the elevator. "Oh yeah," she looked over her shoulder at the confused girl, "never forget that you were picked to be here. We don't ask for losers or trash to join our ranks."
As Vita left, Teana smiled softly. "Thank you." She whispered to herself.
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Is anyone still out there who's not yet drowned by the Great Flood of BTF?
I'll be rereading some of these babies and see if there's a new one here...
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MGLN "Befriending" shows love thru superior firepower (Zenryokou Zenkai!)
Gundams are your worst nightmare in the battlefield.
SRW beats all foes.
JAM Project pwns all!!!
And I can't still make fanfic without restarting from the start when new ideas comes in...
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Happy New Year to all!!!!
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I know... But how about those who haven't read them from anime addventure?
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Darwin's nominee are best for laughs.
MGLN "Befriending" shows love thru superior firepower (Zenryokou Zenkai!)
Gundams are your worst nightmare in the battlefield.
SRW beats all foes.
JAM Project pwns all!!!
And I can't still make fanfic without restarting from the start when new ideas comes in...
Materials getting serious is a bad omen for Erio and Co (and they must be gratitude that Material-girls didn`t have normal Linker Cores and can`t recharge on their own) and I don`t think that those poor Pegasus will stood a chance against blood-thirsty Material-L and Megane should now avoid Material-D's clutch at all cost... or things goes ugly for her.
Erio have a good taste iin woman, though. But he must make sure that not caro nor Lu wouldn't find out.
It was starting to get late in the day when Zest walked into Regius's office. Looking at his old friend, he was mildly surprised to see Quint there, and more surprised to see Auris there as well. "Nakajima," he nodded to her, "Regius, what's with this meeting?"
"Ask her." Regius said as he looked at Quint directly. "I haven't even gotten the reports back from Riot Force about their last mission, though, from what I've heard, that's probably because they're heavily injured."
"Partially," Quint nodded and looked at the windows. "I need this place locked down before I tell you anything."
Regius looked at Auris and nodded, when she pushed a button, all the windows in the room closed down and were covered as the shutters around them closed down. "Very well, talk."
Quint pulled out Snap Calibur and put it on the table. "Replay events 30 through 46 of the most recent battle."
"Yes ma'am."
A screen popped up in the room and Regius, Zest and Auris all wondered what it is they were looking for.
It took exactly two seconds to know why Quint didn't want others to see the footage.
"Megane?" Zest stared, before shaking his head. "No, she's too young to be Megane..."
"It's not Megane..." Quint said softly, what she said next had even Regius floored, "it's Lutecia, your daughter."
"She... She can't be, she's too old."
"That's kind of what I thought too, after the battle was over," Quint looked at him sharply, "even if she is simply a Project-F clone, the fact is, Zest, she is still your daughter. Could you live with yourself knowing that you rejected someone who needs you right now? Do you think Megane would reject her, even if she was a clone?"
Zest twitched at hearing that, he knew she was right, but even so, such a thing... "Are you sure?" Just as he asked that, a familiar face appeared on the screen. "She... She looks..."
"Like someone you thought you killed." Quint supplied for him. "Remember the mission that went extremely sour and cost us Megane?"
"How could I..." Zest's eyes widened and his pupils shrank as he looked at the screen. "She was... I thought I killed her."
"Apparently not... Snap, replay her lines to me before she left."
"Yes, ma'am."
"As much as I'd like to let you have her, there's someone else that I need to answer to, and you aren't her."
Zest looked at Quint as the scene of battle continued on. "...Is... She wasn't talking about..?"
"I don't know, but Megane... She might not be dead like we thought she was." Quint crossed her arms under her breasts and took a deep breath. "The power that crippled me is known as Chaos... I dunno about you, but if I didn't die, there's a chance that Megane didn't either."
Zest looked at Quint and narrowed his eyes. "Are you sure?"
"Not at all, but..." She took a deep breath and closed her eyes, "think, after all this time, seeing Lutecia alive... And then that woman said that... There's no doubt in my mind... Megane has to be alive."
Zest turned and started walking to the door. "Nakajima..." He turned to look at her out of the corner of his eye. "I think I might just join your little group after all."
"Before you go, Zest..." Regius spoke up, catching his attention. "You'll need to know something," Zest turned to look at his oldest friend, "if you do run into those women, remember this, they may or may not be directly responsible for Lutecia's current condition. Try not to kill them."
"We shall see."
(---)
Meanwhile...
"How are you feeling, Subaru?" Ginga asked as she walked into her sister's hospital room.
Subaru smiled as she saw her sister enter the room. "I'm fine, other than my leg," she patted the bandage on her leg gently, "which should be fixed in a few hours. They just had to stop the bleeding, since Erio, Fate-san and Yuuno-san were all worse off. How are they?"
"Erio's awake, if that makes you feel better." Ginga smiled as she sat down on the bed. "Not what you expected out there, huh?"
Subaru shook her head and rubbed her leg softly again. "No. A lot more painful than I expected too. How about you, Gin-nee? You okay?"
"A lot better than you." Ginga snorted and moved so she was closer to her sister. "But, thanks, if you hadn't given Caro enough time to summon her other summon, mom and I couldn't have hit that thing like we did."
"Gin-nee..." Subaru sniffled and hugged her sister. "I wasn't even thinking of that. I was just thinking how mom was hurt, Erio was hurt, Fate-san, Yuuno-san... They were all hurt and I did nothing to stop it!"
Ginga sighed softly and rubbed her sister's back. "You always have been such a cry-baby." Ginga smirked when Subaru let out a cry of protest. "Yet, you've always been able to do what you needed to do when it counted."
"Gin-nee... I was scared that mom was going to die and..."
"So was I." Ginga hugged Subaru tighter, trying to fight the tears in her eyes. "And I was scared that you were going to die too." Squeezing her sister tightly, she continued to speak, "so don't ever do that again, you got it?!"
"Right..."
(---)
Meanwhile, on top of the building...
"Ah," Teana turned to see Zelgadis walking out of the elevator, "Vita did tell me that I'd find you here." Smiling lightly he walked up to her. "Tell me something, Teana, you once said that you wished to join the Air Force, right?"
"Well, yeah, but... I flunked out of that and, well..." Teana grabbed at her right arm. "I can't fly anyway, I have no aptitude for flight magic."
"Oh?" Zelgadis looked at her curiously. "What makes you say that?"
"I'm not strong enough to do anything really." Teana sighed and turned away to look at the sky. "Flight sounds fun, but... I could never get to that level. Maybe I'll be able to stand on the air one day, but flight? Impossible."
"What if I said that you could fly?" Zelgadis smiled as she turned to look at him. "It's not exactly true flight, not compared to what a lot of people can do here, I admit, however..." He smiled as she turned to look at him fully. "I think you'll need it."
"...What?"
"It's called Levitation."
Teana stared and for the first time all day, a sense of hope came to her.
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It was starting to get late in the day when Zest walked into Regius's office. Looking at his old friend, he was mildly surprised to see Quint there, and more surprised to see Auris there as well. "Nakajima," he nodded to her, "Regius, what's with this meeting?"
"Ask her." Regius said as he looked at Quint directly. "I haven't even gotten the reports back from Riot Force about their last mission, though, from what I've heard, that's probably because they're heavily injured."
"Partially," Quint nodded and looked at the windows. "I need this place locked down before I tell you anything."
Regius looked at Auris and nodded, when she pushed a button, all the windows in the room closed down and were covered as the shutters around them closed down. "Very well, talk."
Quint pulled out Snap Calibur and put it on the table. "Replay events 30 through 46 of the most recent battle."
"Yes ma'am."
A screen popped up in the room and Regius, Zest and Auris all wondered what it is they were looking for.
It took exactly two seconds to know why Quint didn't want others to see the footage.
"Megane?" Zest stared, before shaking his head. "No, she's too young to be Megane..."
"It's not Megane..." Quint said softly, what she said next had even Regius floored, "it's Lutecia, your daughter."
"She... She can't be, she's too old."
"That's kind of what I thought too, after the battle was over," Quint looked at him sharply, "even if she is simply a Project-F clone, the fact is, Zest, she is still your daughter. Could you live with yourself knowing that you rejected someone who needs you right now? Do you think Megane would reject her, even if she was a clone?"
Zest twitched at hearing that, he knew she was right, but even so, such a thing... "Are you sure?" Just as he asked that, a familiar face appeared on the screen. "She... She looks..."
"Like someone you thought you killed." Quint supplied for him. "Remember the mission that went extremely sour and cost us Megane?"
"How could I..." Zest's eyes widened and his pupils shrank as he looked at the screen. "She was... I thought I killed her."
"Apparently not... Snap, replay her lines to me before she left."
"Yes, ma'am."
"As much as I'd like to let you have her, there's someone else that I need to answer to, and you aren't her."
Zest looked at Quint as the scene of battle continued on. "...Is... She wasn't talking about..?"
"I don't know, but Megane... She might not be dead like we thought she was." Quint crossed her arms under her breasts and took a deep breath. "The power that crippled me is known as Chaos... I dunno about you, but if I didn't die, there's a chance that Megane didn't either."
Zest looked at Quint and narrowed his eyes. "Are you sure?"
"Not at all, but..." She took a deep breath and closed her eyes, "think, after all this time, seeing Lutecia alive... And then that woman said that... There's no doubt in my mind... Megane has to be alive."
Zest turned and started walking to the door. "Nakajima..." He turned to look at her out of the corner of his eye. "I think I might just join your little group after all."
"Before you go, Zest..." Regius spoke up, catching his attention. "You'll need to know something," Zest turned to look at his oldest friend, "if you do run into those women, remember this, they may or may not be directly responsible for Lutecia's current condition. Try not to kill them."
"We shall see."
(---)
Meanwhile...
"How are you feeling, Subaru?" Ginga asked as she walked into her sister's hospital room.
Subaru smiled as she saw her sister enter the room. "I'm fine, other than my leg," she patted the bandage on her leg gently, "which should be fixed in a few hours. They just had to stop the bleeding, since Erio, Fate-san and Yuuno-san were all worse off. How are they?"
"Erio's awake, if that makes you feel better." Ginga smiled as she sat down on the bed. "Not what you expected out there, huh?"
Subaru shook her head and rubbed her leg softly again. "No. A lot more painful than I expected too. How about you, Gin-nee? You okay?"
"A lot better than you." Ginga snorted and moved so she was closer to her sister. "But, thanks, if you hadn't given Caro enough time to summon her other summon, mom and I couldn't have hit that thing like we did."
"Gin-nee..." Subaru sniffled and hugged her sister. "I wasn't even thinking of that. I was just thinking how mom was hurt, Erio was hurt, Fate-san, Yuuno-san... They were all hurt and I did nothing to stop it!"
Ginga sighed softly and rubbed her sister's back. "You always have been such a cry-baby." Ginga smirked when Subaru let out a cry of protest. "Yet, you've always been able to do what you needed to do when it counted."
"Gin-nee... I was scared that mom was going to die and..."
"So was I." Ginga hugged Subaru tighter, trying to fight the tears in her eyes. "And I was scared that you were going to die too." Squeezing her sister tightly, she continued to speak, "so don't ever do that again, you got it?!"
"Right..."
(---)
Meanwhile, on top of the building...
"Ah," Teana turned to see Zelgadis walking out of the elevator, "Vita did tell me that I'd find you here." Smiling lightly he walked up to her. "Tell me something, Teana, you once said that you wished to join the Air Force, right?"
"Well, yeah, but... I flunked out of that and, well..." Teana grabbed at her right arm. "I can't fly anyway, I have no aptitude for flight magic."
"Oh?" Zelgadis looked at her curiously. "What makes you say that?"
"I'm not strong enough to do anything really." Teana sighed and turned away to look at the sky. "Flight sounds fun, but... I could never get to that level. Maybe I'll be able to stand on the air one day, but flight? Impossible."
"What if I said that you could fly?" Zelgadis smiled as she turned to look at him. "It's not exactly true flight, not compared to what a lot of people can do here, I admit, however..." He smiled as she turned to look at him fully. "I think you'll need it."
"...What?"
"It's called Levitation."
Teana stared and for the first time all day, a sense of hope came to her.
Me: Why do I have a feeling if Erio tries to court Lutecia, He'll get the "harm her you're screwed" speech from Zest?
Odin: He'll get busted first by Caro before Zest can give him that speech.
Reia: Not the usually flight spell but sometimes a simple spell like Levitation can change the tide of the battle, if you know when to use it.
Me: BTW, Where's Miyuki? Late entry? I'm sure they'll be needing the original sword of light and she might be whining about not having fun with her sisters.
Val: And trying to get Yuuno's attention.
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Darwin's nominee are best for laughs.
MGLN "Befriending" shows love thru superior firepower (Zenryokou Zenkai!)
Gundams are your worst nightmare in the battlefield.
SRW beats all foes.
JAM Project pwns all!!!
And I can't still make fanfic without restarting from the start when new ideas comes in...
Now the whole of creation may once more bow down before the wonders that we shall craft with our pens. Upon the beginning of this glorious new year, we may cast further works of the greatest of tales. The White Devil. The Knights of the Cloud. The Daughters of Science. These and more are but carefully forged actors upon our respective stages of infinite scale.
We must take care in this new age, to never lose sight of what it is that we strive to do. And that is to write fiction of peerless quality and reflecting of what it is we wish to express. Whether it be love and hate, war and peace. We must never falter! We shall write and we shall bring forth both light and dark to the world with our stories.
This I declare upon the first day of the new year: We shall write and we shall have fun doing so!
In short, happy new years to everyone and lets have fun.
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The Art of Shipping is as profound as it is dangerous; not for the faint of heart nor the weak of will, it makes gods and devils out of us all.
"It's done." Jail chuckled softly as he handed Nove her gun knuckle. "Plenty of nasty surprises in there, conventional, unconventional and extreme. I'd leave the last one for emergencies only."
Nove nodded and smiled as she held her arm cannons out and pointed them at various imaginary targets in the room while taking different stances. "I like it."
Before Jail could answer her, the door to the laboratory opened up. "Ah, Due..." He trailed off as he saw how she looked. "...Something the matter?"
"Yeah, you could have told us that we'd likely run into Nove's family out there." Due was still hurting, her ribs felt like they were about to break and her head was hurting from the chewing out Agito gave her. She looked at Nove, who stared at her in shock. "Yeah, your family, Nove. Why didn't you tell me that I'd run into Quint Nakajima again, doctor?"
Jail raised an eyebrow. "You did?" He frowned and looked at Nove, who was looking at the two of them stunned. "For one thing, even if I anticipated her being there, stopping everyone from going wasn't a good idea, and for one other thing," he had a small grin come to his face, "I've got something else in mind right now."
"...They're my family?" Nove said, her face pale as she looked at Jail. "...That woman's my mother?" Jail didn't say anything, the look on his face was more than enough for her. "Why didn't you tell me sooner? You knew, didn't you?"
"Yes, Nove, I did." Jail turned and looked at some stuff on his consoles. "...If it is a sin to keep you ignorant of the truth, then I am the most evil person alive. Nove, I just didn't want the Bureau knowing about things that they shouldn't know." He turned to her with a serious look on his face, "could you have kept quiet if you knew she was your mother? Tell me, what would you have done? Keep it to yourself? Write it down? Found her and talked to her? What about your biological sisters?" He gestured to Due, "and the sisters you've grown up with?"
"Why don't we just..." Nove fidgeted slightly as he continued to give her that serious look. It was really freaky on him. "We could team up with the Bureau! Find out.."
"I'm a criminal," Jail interrupted her and pointed to Due, "she's a murderer... And what about the rest of your sisters? Even if they're innocent, there's a lot of problems with them." He turned away from her to look at the computer. "...Nove, I'm not saying you have to stay, but I know for a fact that the Bureau would not want me around..."
"Doctor, I..." She trailed off as he sighed heavily.
"Nove," he looked at her again, this time he walked away from the computer and up to her to put his hands on her shoulders, before hugging the suddenly blushing girl, "you and your sisters are almost like my children. I promise you, Nove, in a few weeks, no matter what happens to me, you and the rest of your sisters will be free to see your family. I just ask that you help me now." Nove nodded against him.
"Doctor, what will happen in a few weeks?" Due asked, confusion on her face. "Unless you found the Saint's Cradle..." She trailed off as he shook his head. "Then..."
"Let me worry about that. Tre, Sette, Mr. Snuggles, Cinque and Dieci are looking right now, if anyone can or will find it, it's them. As for what will happen..?" He let go of Nove and pushed a button, calling up a screen. "In a few days, the package will be delivered."
"About time." Due grumbled as she looked at the screen. "Think it'll work?"
"It better." Jail bit his lip softly, if this plan failed then everything else was doomed to fail. "I don't need the cradle for its power, Due. I have no need for the power myself. I need it to travel though."
"Travel?" Due blinked as Jail suddenly grinned and spread his arms out. "Doctor?"
"Thanks to Sirius, I was able to unlock a piece of memory that was buried deep away." He hunched over and started chuckling, putting a hand on his forehead as he laughed softly. "If not for that Shinzoku, the ultimate weapon against all Mazoku would have never come to me."
Due and Nove just blinked at him. "Doctor?" The two said at the same time.
Jail looked at them and grinned savagely. "I remembered... I remembered the location... Of Al Hazard."
(---)
Meanwhile...
Shari smiled as Mary walked into the room. "Glad that you're here."
Mary waved her off and sat down at the table. "So, I hear we have a new Unison device?" Shari nodded and activated Cross Mirage, set it in a containment field before typing on a keyboard and causing a sphere to pop out of it.
"Yes, and..." Shari trailed off as she saw the thing twitch and spasm. "Something's wrong. It shouldn't be..." She and Mary had to cover their ears as the thing screamed loudly. "What the hell..?"
Both Shari and Mary could only stare in horror as the thing spasmed violently for a few moments, before going completely still. "Shari!" Mary grabbed the device and put it into a stasis field. "Find out what happened!"
"Already on it!" Shari didn't know what happened, but she was almost sure that shouldn't have happened. 'How could something like that happen?' She may not have known who or what the Unison Device was, but she just hoped that it was still alive.
(---)
Levi smirked as she finished mixing up a new formula of chemicals. "Fufufufufu... I wonder if those Bureau idiots have found out the true horror of the Megah yet?" It wasn't even something she did, which made it even more delicious and ironic. Agito was just lucky enough to have bonded with Due before her time was up. "After all..." Levi whispered to herself, "even those devices technically are living beings and they've long since passed their expiration date."
As she finished off her latest formula, Levi just grinned. "A few more days, if I time it right, I should have everything I want."
"Master Levi..."
"Yes, Quattro?" Levi raised an eyebrow as she heard her servant speaking up to her. "Something wrong?"
"Not really right now, but I was wondering what to do with Lutecia right now, she's in the laboratory right now and..."
Levi just smirked at that. "The three-hour treatment. Make sure to sound-proof and lock everything first."
"Of course, my master."
Grinning, Levi wondered what was going to happen next. As she held up a small box, her grin became a sinister smile as the light around her seemed to disappear while her eyes flashed red and her laughter was heard going from normal to high pitched before echoing and tapering off.
Spoiler for Comments:
L-sama...
Levi is just pure evil, huh?
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My fics Due to certain things, I am not here, find me over on TFF.
Now the whole of creation may once more bow down before the wonders that we shall craft with our pens. Upon the beginning of this glorious new year, we may cast further works of the greatest of tales. The White Devil. The Knights of the Cloud. The Daughters of Science. These and more are but carefully forged actors upon our respective stages of infinite scale.
We must take care in this new age, to never lose sight of what it is that we strive to do. And that is to write fiction of peerless quality and reflecting of what it is we wish to express. Whether it be love and hate, war and peace. We must never falter! We shall write and we shall bring forth both light and dark to the world with our stories.
I feel like this require a blood sacrifice of some sort. A befriendly blood sacrifice but a sacrifice nonetheless.
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Never stop being a kid. Never stop feeling and seeing and being excited with great things like air and engines and sounds of sunlight within you. Wear your little mask if you must to protect you from the world but if you let that kid disappear you are grown up and you are dead.
— Richard Bach
"It's done." Jail chuckled softly as he handed Nove her gun knuckle. "Plenty of nasty surprises in there, conventional, unconventional and extreme. I'd leave the last one for emergencies only."
Nove nodded and smiled as she held her arm cannons out and pointed them at various imaginary targets in the room while taking different stances. "I like it."
Before Jail could answer her, the door to the laboratory opened up. "Ah, Due..." He trailed off as he saw how she looked. "...Something the matter?"
"Yeah, you could have told us that we'd likely run into Nove's family out there." Due was still hurting, her ribs felt like they were about to break and her head was hurting from the chewing out Agito gave her. She looked at Nove, who stared at her in shock. "Yeah, your family, Nove. Why didn't you tell me that I'd run into Quint Nakajima again, doctor?"
Jail raised an eyebrow. "You did?" He frowned and looked at Nove, who was looking at the two of them stunned. "For one thing, even if I anticipated her being there, stopping everyone from going wasn't a good idea, and for one other thing," he had a small grin come to his face, "I've got something else in mind right now."
"...They're my family?" Nove said, her face pale as she looked at Jail. "...That woman's my mother?" Jail didn't say anything, the look on his face was more than enough for her. "Why didn't you tell me sooner? You knew, didn't you?"
"Yes, Nove, I did." Jail turned and looked at some stuff on his consoles. "...If it is a sin to keep you ignorant of the truth, then I am the most evil person alive. Nove, I just didn't want the Bureau knowing about things that they shouldn't know." He turned to her with a serious look on his face, "could you have kept quiet if you knew she was your mother? Tell me, what would you have done? Keep it to yourself? Write it down? Found her and talked to her? What about your biological sisters?" He gestured to Due, "and the sisters you've grown up with?"
"Why don't we just..." Nove fidgeted slightly as he continued to give her that serious look. It was really freaky on him. "We could team up with the Bureau! Find out.."
"I'm a criminal," Jail interrupted her and pointed to Due, "she's a murderer... And what about the rest of your sisters? Even if they're innocent, there's a lot of problems with them." He turned away from her to look at the computer. "...Nove, I'm not saying you have to stay, but I know for a fact that the Bureau would not want me around..."
"Doctor, I..." She trailed off as he sighed heavily.
"Nove," he looked at her again, this time he walked away from the computer and up to her to put his hands on her shoulders, before hugging the suddenly blushing girl, "you and your sisters are almost like my children. I promise you, Nove, in a few weeks, no matter what happens to me, you and the rest of your sisters will be free to see your family. I just ask that you help me now." Nove nodded against him.
"Doctor, what will happen in a few weeks?" Due asked, confusion on her face. "Unless you found the Saint's Cradle..." She trailed off as he shook his head. "Then..."
"Let me worry about that. Tre, Sette, Mr. Snuggles, Cinque and Dieci are looking right now, if anyone can or will find it, it's them. As for what will happen..?" He let go of Nove and pushed a button, calling up a screen. "In a few days, the package will be delivered."
"About time." Due grumbled as she looked at the screen. "Think it'll work?"
"It better." Jail bit his lip softly, if this plan failed then everything else was doomed to fail. "I don't need the cradle for its power, Due. I have no need for the power myself. I need it to travel though."
"Travel?" Due blinked as Jail suddenly grinned and spread his arms out. "Doctor?"
"Thanks to Sirius, I was able to unlock a piece of memory that was buried deep away." He hunched over and started chuckling, putting a hand on his forehead as he laughed softly. "If not for that Shinzoku, the ultimate weapon against all Mazoku would have never come to me."
Due and Nove just blinked at him. "Doctor?" The two said at the same time.
Jail looked at them and grinned savagely. "I remembered... I remembered the location... Of Al Hazard."
(---)
Meanwhile...
Shari smiled as Mary walked into the room. "Glad that you're here."
Mary waved her off and sat down at the table. "So, I hear we have a new Unison device?" Shari nodded and activated Cross Mirage, set it in a containment field before typing on a keyboard and causing a sphere to pop out of it.
"Yes, and..." Shari trailed off as she saw the thing twitch and spasm. "Something's wrong. It shouldn't be..." She and Mary had to cover their ears as the thing screamed loudly. "What the hell..?"
Both Shari and Mary could only stare in horror as the thing spasmed violently for a few moments, before going completely still. "Shari!" Mary grabbed the device and put it into a stasis field. "Find out what happened!"
"Already on it!" Shari didn't know what happened, but she was almost sure that shouldn't have happened. 'How could something like that happen?' She may not have known who or what the Unison Device was, but she just hoped that it was still alive.
(---)
Levi smirked as she finished mixing up a new formula of chemicals. "Fufufufufu... I wonder if those Bureau idiots have found out the true horror of the Megah yet?" It wasn't even something she did, which made it even more delicious and ironic. Agito was just lucky enough to have bonded with Due before her time was up. "After all..." Levi whispered to herself, "even those devices technically are living beings and they've long since passed their expiration date."
As she finished off her latest formula, Levi just grinned. "A few more days, if I time it right, I should have everything I want."
"Master Levi..."
"Yes, Quattro?" Levi raised an eyebrow as she heard her servant speaking up to her. "Something wrong?"
"Not really right now, but I was wondering what to do with Lutecia right now, she's in the laboratory right now and..."
Levi just smirked at that. "The three-hour treatment. Make sure to sound-proof and lock everything first."
"Of course, my master."
Grinning, Levi wondered what was going to happen next. As she held up a small box, her grin became a sinister smile as the light around her seemed to disappear while her eyes flashed red and her laughter was heard going from normal to high pitched before echoing and tapering off.
Spoiler for Comments:
L-sama...
Levi is just pure evil, huh?
Goddammit Levi.
Also, Papa Jail is both disturbing and kinda awesome.
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The Art of Shipping is as profound as it is dangerous; not for the faint of heart nor the weak of will, it makes gods and devils out of us all.
"It's done." Jail chuckled softly as he handed Nove her gun knuckle. "Plenty of nasty surprises in there, conventional, unconventional and extreme. I'd leave the last one for emergencies only."
Nove nodded and smiled as she held her arm cannons out and pointed them at various imaginary targets in the room while taking different stances. "I like it."
Before Jail could answer her, the door to the laboratory opened up. "Ah, Due..." He trailed off as he saw how she looked. "...Something the matter?"
"Yeah, you could have told us that we'd likely run into Nove's family out there." Due was still hurting, her ribs felt like they were about to break and her head was hurting from the chewing out Agito gave her. She looked at Nove, who stared at her in shock. "Yeah, your family, Nove. Why didn't you tell me that I'd run into Quint Nakajima again, doctor?"
Jail raised an eyebrow. "You did?" He frowned and looked at Nove, who was looking at the two of them stunned. "For one thing, even if I anticipated her being there, stopping everyone from going wasn't a good idea, and for one other thing," he had a small grin come to his face, "I've got something else in mind right now."
"...They're my family?" Nove said, her face pale as she looked at Jail. "...That woman's my mother?" Jail didn't say anything, the look on his face was more than enough for her. "Why didn't you tell me sooner? You knew, didn't you?"
"Yes, Nove, I did." Jail turned and looked at some stuff on his consoles. "...If it is a sin to keep you ignorant of the truth, then I am the most evil person alive. Nove, I just didn't want the Bureau knowing about things that they shouldn't know." He turned to her with a serious look on his face, "could you have kept quiet if you knew she was your mother? Tell me, what would you have done? Keep it to yourself? Write it down? Found her and talked to her? What about your biological sisters?" He gestured to Due, "and the sisters you've grown up with?"
"Why don't we just..." Nove fidgeted slightly as he continued to give her that serious look. It was really freaky on him. "We could team up with the Bureau! Find out.."
"I'm a criminal," Jail interrupted her and pointed to Due, "she's a murderer... And what about the rest of your sisters? Even if they're innocent, there's a lot of problems with them." He turned away from her to look at the computer. "...Nove, I'm not saying you have to stay, but I know for a fact that the Bureau would not want me around..."
"Doctor, I..." She trailed off as he sighed heavily.
"Nove," he looked at her again, this time he walked away from the computer and up to her to put his hands on her shoulders, before hugging the suddenly blushing girl, "you and your sisters are almost like my children. I promise you, Nove, in a few weeks, no matter what happens to me, you and the rest of your sisters will be free to see your family. I just ask that you help me now." Nove nodded against him.
"Doctor, what will happen in a few weeks?" Due asked, confusion on her face. "Unless you found the Saint's Cradle..." She trailed off as he shook his head. "Then..."
"Let me worry about that. Tre, Sette, Mr. Snuggles, Cinque and Dieci are looking right now, if anyone can or will find it, it's them. As for what will happen..?" He let go of Nove and pushed a button, calling up a screen. "In a few days, the package will be delivered."
"About time." Due grumbled as she looked at the screen. "Think it'll work?"
"It better." Jail bit his lip softly, if this plan failed then everything else was doomed to fail. "I don't need the cradle for its power, Due. I have no need for the power myself. I need it to travel though."
"Travel?" Due blinked as Jail suddenly grinned and spread his arms out. "Doctor?"
"Thanks to Sirius, I was able to unlock a piece of memory that was buried deep away." He hunched over and started chuckling, putting a hand on his forehead as he laughed softly. "If not for that Shinzoku, the ultimate weapon against all Mazoku would have never come to me."
Due and Nove just blinked at him. "Doctor?" The two said at the same time.
Jail looked at them and grinned savagely. "I remembered... I remembered the location... Of Al Hazard."
(---)
Meanwhile...
Shari smiled as Mary walked into the room. "Glad that you're here."
Mary waved her off and sat down at the table. "So, I hear we have a new Unison device?" Shari nodded and activated Cross Mirage, set it in a containment field before typing on a keyboard and causing a sphere to pop out of it.
"Yes, and..." Shari trailed off as she saw the thing twitch and spasm. "Something's wrong. It shouldn't be..." She and Mary had to cover their ears as the thing screamed loudly. "What the hell..?"
Both Shari and Mary could only stare in horror as the thing spasmed violently for a few moments, before going completely still. "Shari!" Mary grabbed the device and put it into a stasis field. "Find out what happened!"
"Already on it!" Shari didn't know what happened, but she was almost sure that shouldn't have happened. 'How could something like that happen?' She may not have known who or what the Unison Device was, but she just hoped that it was still alive.
(---)
Levi smirked as she finished mixing up a new formula of chemicals. "Fufufufufu... I wonder if those Bureau idiots have found out the true horror of the Megah yet?" It wasn't even something she did, which made it even more delicious and ironic. Agito was just lucky enough to have bonded with Due before her time was up. "After all..." Levi whispered to herself, "even those devices technically are living beings and they've long since passed their expiration date."
As she finished off her latest formula, Levi just grinned. "A few more days, if I time it right, I should have everything I want."
"Master Levi..."
"Yes, Quattro?" Levi raised an eyebrow as she heard her servant speaking up to her. "Something wrong?"
"Not really right now, but I was wondering what to do with Lutecia right now, she's in the laboratory right now and..."
Levi just smirked at that. "The three-hour treatment. Make sure to sound-proof and lock everything first."
"Of course, my master."
Grinning, Levi wondered what was going to happen next. As she held up a small box, her grin became a sinister smile as the light around her seemed to disappear while her eyes flashed red and her laughter was heard going from normal to high pitched before echoing and tapering off.
Spoiler for Comments:
L-sama...
Levi is just pure evil, huh?
Me: SAVE THE POOR THING!!!!!!
Reia: Um.... Can they do it in time?
Me: I DON"T CARE!!!! SAVE THAT FREED UNISON DEVICE!!!!!
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Darwin's nominee are best for laughs.
MGLN "Befriending" shows love thru superior firepower (Zenryokou Zenkai!)
Gundams are your worst nightmare in the battlefield.
SRW beats all foes.
JAM Project pwns all!!!
And I can't still make fanfic without restarting from the start when new ideas comes in...
"It's done." Jail chuckled softly as he handed Nove her gun knuckle. "Plenty of nasty surprises in there, conventional, unconventional and extreme. I'd leave the last one for emergencies only."
Nove nodded and smiled as she held her arm cannons out and pointed them at various imaginary targets in the room while taking different stances. "I like it."
Before Jail could answer her, the door to the laboratory opened up. "Ah, Due..." He trailed off as he saw how she looked. "...Something the matter?"
"Yeah, you could have told us that we'd likely run into Nove's family out there." Due was still hurting, her ribs felt like they were about to break and her head was hurting from the chewing out Agito gave her. She looked at Nove, who stared at her in shock. "Yeah, your family, Nove. Why didn't you tell me that I'd run into Quint Nakajima again, doctor?"
Jail raised an eyebrow. "You did?" He frowned and looked at Nove, who was looking at the two of them stunned. "For one thing, even if I anticipated her being there, stopping everyone from going wasn't a good idea, and for one other thing," he had a small grin come to his face, "I've got something else in mind right now."
"...They're my family?" Nove said, her face pale as she looked at Jail. "...That woman's my mother?" Jail didn't say anything, the look on his face was more than enough for her. "Why didn't you tell me sooner? You knew, didn't you?"
"Yes, Nove, I did." Jail turned and looked at some stuff on his consoles. "...If it is a sin to keep you ignorant of the truth, then I am the most evil person alive. Nove, I just didn't want the Bureau knowing about things that they shouldn't know." He turned to her with a serious look on his face, "could you have kept quiet if you knew she was your mother? Tell me, what would you have done? Keep it to yourself? Write it down? Found her and talked to her? What about your biological sisters?" He gestured to Due, "and the sisters you've grown up with?"
"Why don't we just..." Nove fidgeted slightly as he continued to give her that serious look. It was really freaky on him. "We could team up with the Bureau! Find out.."
"I'm a criminal," Jail interrupted her and pointed to Due, "she's a murderer... And what about the rest of your sisters? Even if they're innocent, there's a lot of problems with them." He turned away from her to look at the computer. "...Nove, I'm not saying you have to stay, but I know for a fact that the Bureau would not want me around..."
"Doctor, I..." She trailed off as he sighed heavily.
"Nove," he looked at her again, this time he walked away from the computer and up to her to put his hands on her shoulders, before hugging the suddenly blushing girl, "you and your sisters are almost like my children. I promise you, Nove, in a few weeks, no matter what happens to me, you and the rest of your sisters will be free to see your family. I just ask that you help me now." Nove nodded against him.
"Doctor, what will happen in a few weeks?" Due asked, confusion on her face. "Unless you found the Saint's Cradle..." She trailed off as he shook his head. "Then..."
"Let me worry about that. Tre, Sette, Mr. Snuggles, Cinque and Dieci are looking right now, if anyone can or will find it, it's them. As for what will happen..?" He let go of Nove and pushed a button, calling up a screen. "In a few days, the package will be delivered."
"About time." Due grumbled as she looked at the screen. "Think it'll work?"
"It better." Jail bit his lip softly, if this plan failed then everything else was doomed to fail. "I don't need the cradle for its power, Due. I have no need for the power myself. I need it to travel though."
"Travel?" Due blinked as Jail suddenly grinned and spread his arms out. "Doctor?"
"Thanks to Sirius, I was able to unlock a piece of memory that was buried deep away." He hunched over and started chuckling, putting a hand on his forehead as he laughed softly. "If not for that Shinzoku, the ultimate weapon against all Mazoku would have never come to me."
Due and Nove just blinked at him. "Doctor?" The two said at the same time.
Jail looked at them and grinned savagely. "I remembered... I remembered the location... Of Al Hazard."
(---)
Meanwhile...
Shari smiled as Mary walked into the room. "Glad that you're here."
Mary waved her off and sat down at the table. "So, I hear we have a new Unison device?" Shari nodded and activated Cross Mirage, set it in a containment field before typing on a keyboard and causing a sphere to pop out of it.
"Yes, and..." Shari trailed off as she saw the thing twitch and spasm. "Something's wrong. It shouldn't be..." She and Mary had to cover their ears as the thing screamed loudly. "What the hell..?"
Both Shari and Mary could only stare in horror as the thing spasmed violently for a few moments, before going completely still. "Shari!" Mary grabbed the device and put it into a stasis field. "Find out what happened!"
"Already on it!" Shari didn't know what happened, but she was almost sure that shouldn't have happened. 'How could something like that happen?' She may not have known who or what the Unison Device was, but she just hoped that it was still alive.
(---)
Levi smirked as she finished mixing up a new formula of chemicals. "Fufufufufu... I wonder if those Bureau idiots have found out the true horror of the Megah yet?" It wasn't even something she did, which made it even more delicious and ironic. Agito was just lucky enough to have bonded with Due before her time was up. "After all..." Levi whispered to herself, "even those devices technically are living beings and they've long since passed their expiration date."
As she finished off her latest formula, Levi just grinned. "A few more days, if I time it right, I should have everything I want."
"Master Levi..."
"Yes, Quattro?" Levi raised an eyebrow as she heard her servant speaking up to her. "Something wrong?"
"Not really right now, but I was wondering what to do with Lutecia right now, she's in the laboratory right now and..."
Levi just smirked at that. "The three-hour treatment. Make sure to sound-proof and lock everything first."
"Of course, my master."
Grinning, Levi wondered what was going to happen next. As she held up a small box, her grin became a sinister smile as the light around her seemed to disappear while her eyes flashed red and her laughter was heard going from normal to high pitched before echoing and tapering off.
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L-sama...
Levi is just pure evil, huh?
Heh, FatherFigure!Jail is...interesting. I never really saw him as fatherly towards the Numbers.
I like the story, though you have to admit that the materials were much more harmless in canon though and are much more nicer, less mean and kinder. All showed restrain in their actions, where Diarche despite all she said did nothing bad in the end and they were all trying to obtain their freedom. Heck, in the end, they even help the efforts in saving a dying world. Of course, this only appears in the new game and is unfair to stories made before it, but it is just fun to read stories that depict them as a little nutty while in canon they are not.
I am okay with this. Bring forth the befriendly sacrifices!
Goddammit Levi.
Also, Papa Jail is both disturbing and kinda awesome.
Already feeling the sacrifices through my eyes and brain; I simply refuse to give up either writing and gaming even though I've sacrificed my sleep for those two. GIMME MORE TIME, GOD!
Or I could just run to somewhere with poor wifi and no parents so I can work in peace...
2012-01-01, 09:06
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But he must make sure that not caro nor Lu wouldn't find out. 
