Nanoha FanFiction Discussion

[Justin_Brett]

So backstabbing someone Susano is fighting = bad

But when he sneak attacks someone carrying a wounded soldier in a way that makes her slam into pavement at high speeds, that's perfectly alright?

[Jimmy C]

Originally Posted by Moczo

I meant to put in a snippet that makes it clear he's working on the mechanical aspects of Nove, but it was slow going because he couldn't find a base appropriate to use them on yet, and I totally forgot to add it. I'll put it in later.

I would suggest you change it to one of the older Numbers instead. There would be reasons why there'd be no point in working on the mechanical aspects without a proper base (such as you might end up redesigning the whole thing once you do get the base) You'd get bogged down in explainations.
The information on when each Number was completed actually exists, I think someone here can tell you which Number Jail might be working on in MC0066.

[Moczo]

Originally Posted by Justin_Brett

So backstabbing someone Susano is fighting = bad

But when he sneak attacks someone carrying a wounded soldier in a way that makes her slam into pavement at high speeds, that's perfectly alright?

Hey, I never said he wasn't a hypocrite. But in his mind, he used basically non-lethal force (or close) and he was preventing them from ganging up on Tsukuyomi, so he's okay with it. Ammy was trying to kill Vita and, more importantly: He was totally fighting that one! Seriously, what the Hell?!

Originally Posted by Jimmy C

I would suggest you change it to one of the older Numbers instead. There would be reasons why there'd be no point in working on the mechanical aspects without a proper base (such as you might end up redesigning the whole thing once you do get the base) You'd get bogged down in explainations.
The information on when each Number was completed actually exists, I think someone here can tell you which Number Jail might be working on in MC0066.

Unfortunately the only Numbers activated in proximity to 0066 were Wendi and Nove in 0069. All the others are either already complete, or won't be activated until 0075 when they're put into service against Riot Force Six.

[Justin_Brett]

Still, that situation was arranged such that no-one can actually call him out on it. Considering everybody goes on and on about how crazy Ammy is, why should he get away with that? And Nanoha was DONE, dude; a trained warrior like him should have been able to see that, I think.

[DezoPenguin]

Originally Posted by SilentOutlaw

You know, I really hate the way you have to end almost every chapter in a way that makes me want to see what happens next right now.

Don't be fooled! He actually ends every scene like that, so that no matter where he inserts the chapter break that happens!

Originally Posted by Moczo

Blaaaah, you're right... I meant to put in a snippet that makes it clear he's working on the mechanical aspects of Nove, but it was slow going because he couldn't find a base appropriate to use them on yet, and I totally forgot to add it. I'll put it in later.

Isn't Nove supposed to be Subaru's genetic twin (except for minor palette-swapping tweaks?) so, wouldn't he still have access to the material for her? Or was it established in canon he had to wait for Zest, Quint, and Megane's failed raid to get the necessary samples from Quint to re-start things?

[Moczo]

Originally Posted by DezoPenguin

Don't be fooled! He actually ends every scene like that, so that no matter where he inserts the chapter break that happens!

You know me so well.

Isn't Nove supposed to be Subaru's genetic twin (except for minor palette-swapping tweaks?) so, wouldn't he still have access to the material for her? Or was it established in canon he had to wait for Zest, Quint, and Megane's failed raid to get the necessary samples from Quint to re-start things?

I was under the impression that Subaru and Ginga were, while based on Scaglietti's research, actually made by someone different. Is that wrong?

[Laith]

I think is implied that they were "made" by other person and that was why Jail wanted them. It´s being I while though so I don´t remember very well.

Also also nice avatar Moczo~

[Nanya01]

Longer part than usual.

This replaces the canon incident for Zest and Co.

Shine Parts 1-30

Shine Part 31

Shine Part 32

Shine Part 33

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - Shine Part 34:

Later...

Sein stretched, yawning as she, Quattro and Cinque walked down one of the tunnel hallways. "How come Tre didn't come with us down this hallway?"

"The Bureau's on their way," Quattro explained as the group turned a corner and came to a door. "Though, I do wish she was here, since you two can't fly." Grabbing Cinque by her arm, she was about to do the same for Sein when the green-haired girl slipped through the floor. "...That's one way, I guess."

Flying down, Quattro mentally smirked. 'Your body does have its uses, though, I wonder what your other sisters have as powers. Maybe I should have taken Sein's body instead?'

'She's too cheerful for nnnnngh...' Quattro's voice groaned out the last words.

'As soon as this mission is over, I'm going to show you your proper place, Quattro.'

'What? Being, aaaah!'

'Don't forget that I can wipe your soul out with a single breath. I'm being nice and letting you live.' Touching down on the ground, she let go of Cinque and jumped as Sein popped out of the ground underneath her and driving her head into her crotch. "Oww! Sein!"

"Sorry." The petite girl blushed heavily. "I didn't mean to do that to you, Qua-nee."

Rubbing her crotch to get rid of the pain, Quattro just snorted at her. "Well, we're here, looks like between Un-nee's abilities and my own Silver Curtain, we were able to avoid being detected by the computer system." Walking over to the computer, she snorted as it looked exactly like the previous one. "Now I just need to disable the computer's defenses and we'll be able to get whatever it is that the doctor wanted and..."

"Got it!" Sein grinned as she popped out from the inside of the computer. On her right arm, just below the wrist, was some sort of circular object. It wasn't that large, but it did cover the width of her arm easily. "Tre-nee told me that it was in a compartment inside of the computer." She looked at the device on her arm. "I thought Tre-nee said this was supposed to be a spear."

"The doctor hasn't found that location yet, but he did find the Body Armor and the Shield, so that leaves the Spear, the Wings, the Mantle and the Heart to get." Quattro shrugged at her as she hacked the computer. "Plus the Bureau was going to get here before us and we might have lost the shield."

Cinque looked at the shield. "It doesn't look like much." She was hesitant to admit that, since she herself didn't look like much, yet she knew that her knives were powerful.

Sein shrugged at that. "I think it looks kind of cool. So, what's next, Qua-nee?"

The taller cyborg turned to smile at the two of them. "Sein, I need you to go and collect these for me." The screen lit up, showing off the robots in question. "They're the strongest defenders of these sites." She threw Sein a small bag. "Inside are nodes that Un-nee will use to send them back to base."

"Alright!" Sein grinned and ran for the wall before jumping into and through it.

"Why do you want these weapons, Quattro?" Cinque looked at them in confusion.

Quattro smirked softly. "I don't want the Bureau to get them, plus they're far more powerful than all of the Gadget Drones that the doctor has put together."

"Bad news everyone. The Bureau's here."

"Already?"

"Makes sense, Tre-nee, they do have better ships than we do."

"Yeah, I get that, Sein. I'm going to intercept the strongest ones. Quattro, if they split up, make sure that the defenses of this place go after the others."

"Not a problem." Quattro said over the radio. "Now, let's see if these things are as strong as I hope they are."

(---)

Zest walked down the hallways, Duo Lon behind him. "This is an interesting place." She spoke up before wilting at the look he gave her. "Um, sorry."

"Keep your voice down, we don't want to attract attention. I heard that the last time someone came to a place like this, it took an entire team of AA to S rank mages and knights to deal with it." He sighed softly when she nodded, looking terrified. "I just don't want to lose anyone on this mission."

"Yes sir." She nodded as they went back to walking down the hallway. "Look out!" Her eyes widened as a purple streak rushed in and slammed into Zest, knocking him into her.

Grunting, Zest looked up as the purple streak reformed into a rather tall and attractive woman with short purple hair who was wearing a skin-tight blue body suit that left nothing to the imagination and really showed off her prominent breasts and ass. If Zest was more crass, he might have made a comment about her ass being the size of a small moon.

On her ankles and wrists were small purple wings that seemed to flap a couple of times as she looked down him with a stern face and narrowed eyes. As Zest got up, he narrowed his eyes. "Another speed user, huh?"

"Böe-Modus."

Flying into the air, Zest was surprised as she suddenly barreled into him, sending them both down the hallway.

Duo Lon frowned as she watched the two going down the hallway. "What is Tre doing here?" She asked herself softly and ran after them. At the very least, she needed to make sure that nothing bad happened.

(---)

Megane grunted as the insect-like machines slashed at her barrier. If she didn't have her own insect summons, she would be quite disgusted by them. "Who the heck has mechanical Preying Mantis as defenders?"

Behind her, Quint laughed softly as she and Garyuu made a mess of them. "Oh, come on, Megane, it's not..." She trailed off as they started pulling themselves together. "Okay, it is that bad." She punched at the group that was quickly reforming itself. "Revolver... Cannon!" Smashing her fist into the pile of scrap, she nodded as it was blown apart and sent all over the place.

Megane blasted a few more and frowned as a rumbling sound was heard. Turning, she and Quint gaped as large rolling balls were heading right towards them. "I dunno about you but..." Whatever Quint was going to say was cut off as the balls stopped and shifted into a humanoid form before pointing their arms out at the two and shooting various lasers at them.

"Garyuu!" Megane called out, thankful that her summon was able to avoid being shot and was even able to get close to them. "Quint..."

"Give me a boost up, I can't get close otherwise." Quint grunted as her barriers were pelted with strong attacks.

"Right, speed... Up!"

Quint grinned and rushed down the hallway, weaving in and out of the attacks as if they weren't even there. "Revolver... STRIKE!" Smashing one in the head, she grinned as it fell down while Garyuu jammed its spike into the arm of one that was about to shoot her from behind. Getting off of that one, she used her left hand to slam another one down while her right hand held up a barrier. "At least there isn't a lot of them." Quint said as she and Garyuu were making quick work of them.

(---)

Quattro narrowed her eyes and sighed. "If you want a job done, you have to do it yourself it seems like." She pushed a button and grinned. "Let's see if those two can deal with this one." She then turned and grabbed Cinque. "I have things mostly set up now." Taking off into the air, she tapped the radio in her ear. "Sein, did you get them?"

"There's like forty of these things down here! I got thirty of them, but one just turned on and walked out."

"That's fine, get the other nine and contact Uno to send them back to base, they won't turn on."

"Okay!" Sein chirped happily as the radio shut off.

Quattro mentally shuddered at the perkiness in Sein's voice. 'How in the name of Lord Chaotic Blue can anyone be so... Cheerful and happy?'

'I don't know... Why does that repulse me so much, Levi?'

Levi mentally smirked. 'The joys of being bonded to a Mazoku... As soon as I get enough power, I'll be able to split off of you for good.'

When they got back up to the tunnel door that they entered the room in, Quattro blinked as she put Cinque down. "What the..?" She stared as Tre slid across the floor, bleeding out of her side.

"Tre." Cinque whispered and looked down the hallway, narrowing her eyes as she saw Zest, bleeding from his face, standing up. "Identify yourself." She held up some knives.

"Zest Grangeitz, of the Time-Space Administration Bureau's Ground Forces." He pointed his spear at the three of them. "These sites have been deemed off-limits by the Bureau and you are hereby ordered to withdraw immediately." He closed his eyes for a second. "I will allow you to take your comrade to get help if you leave right now." Opening his eyes, he sighed as the small one seemed to get more upset. "Very well, if we must fight, then let us fight."

"Quattro, help Tre out." Cinque said as she threw several exploding knives at Zest, who flew at her and cross his arms to protect his head.

Zest grimaced as the knives came into contact with his body. They didn't do much, though the explosion that followed them was enough to make him grunt slightly and get pushed back in mid-air.

Cinque's eyes widened, even with her enhanced power that she had, the explosion did so little?

"Qua...ttro..." Tre looked up at her younger sister, who looked at her dispassionately. "Nnngh... A hand, please?"

Quattro looked at Tre as she raised a hand feebly, before rolling her eyes and grabbing it. 'You feel the pain she's in?'

"Yes... Why does it feel so...'

'Good?' Levi let her smirk crawl to her physical face. 'Because pain of all sorts is a delight to a Mazoku.' As Tre got to her feet, she tapped her ear-piece. "Sein, how goes the preparations?"

"All done here. Un-nee just got the last of the big ones out. I'm coming up to help you all out."

"Good, Uno, Tre needs a pick-up here."

"Can't, Quattro, the teleportation matrix is going to take some time, just hold him off for a little longer."

Quattro sighed as she watched Zest and Cinque literally dancing around each other, Zest trying to get close and Cinque staying back as far as she could without getting out of position. Her eyes narrowed as she looked at Cinque. 'What kind of power is that..?' She couldn't get a good look at it, and it was starting to bubble up from underneath the surface. Well, whatever it was, Cinque's explosions were getting stronger. "Careful or you'll bring this whole tunnel down on us!"

Cinque nodded as she danced away from another stab from Zest and surrounded his body with smaller knives, all of which launched at him at once. She grimaced as he swung his spear in a circle, cutting through her knives in an instant, leaving only a few that hit him.

As the smoke cleared, Cinque was forced to throw her own personal barrier up when Zest rushed forward to block his attack. Getting a good look at his face, Cinque could only see some sweat and a couple of new cuts covering him. "You're strong." He commented and her eyes widened as his blade started cutting through her barrier. "It's too bad we're enemies."

"Yes." She jumped back and made the floor in front of her explode, gasping slightly as she looked at her leg. Even just a nick was enough to cut down to her bone.

Quattro just smirked as she watched.

(---)

Quint panted softly as she and Garyuu finished off the last of the mechanical ball creatures. "Megane, how.." She trailed off as a large, nearly three meters in height, white in color with a giant cannon on its right arm appeared a few feet behind Megane. "LOOK OUT!"

Megane turned as the thing pointed its cannon at her and fired. Megane threw up a quick barrier and let out a cry as her barrier was pierced and the energy slammed into her shoulder as she twisted to avoide a direct shot to her chest, which sent her crashing to the ground with a groan.

"Megane!" Quint and Garyuu were already on the move towards her position. Garyuu, being able to fly, was able to get there ahead of Quint. The creature grabbed Garyuu's arm and slammed the summon down onto the ground hard enough that the whole tunnel shook partially.

"Megane, you okay?" Quint looked at the summoner, who nodded painfully as she gripped her shoulder.

"Help, Garyuu, please?" Quint nodded and rushed at the mechanical creature. It looked at her and threw Garyuu at her.

Catching the insectoid summon, Quint jumped out of the way of another energy attack and flipped in mid air to avoid the follow up strike. "Shit, what..." Her eyes widened as a gout of flame suddenly erupted from the cannon. "Hold on!" Calling up her Wing Road, she drove down quickly, barely avoiding the flames and getting close to Megane. "Get him out of here, Megane, I'll stop this thing." She dropped Garyuu down and spun to face the creature as it pointed its cannon at them. "Blast Mode!" Slamming her right fist into her left open palm, her body was quickly covered in a protective metal cover. "Now... Earth..." She held her hands to the side. "And Sky! Give me cover for a few moments." She started chanting in something that Megane didn't know as she brought her hands together.

As she clasped her hands together a vortex was created and lashed out, quickly surrounding the creature, who was forced to step back. "AAAAAAHHHH!" She screamed and rushed forward. Unlike against Nanoha, she wasn't holding back this time as her hands slammed into and through the chest armor of the creature, easily pushing through the inner workings as if they weren't there. Quint's eyes widened as the top of her thumbs brushed against something that felt out of place. Grunting she moved her hands up slightly and loosened the grip her clasped hands had, before pulling back out, a bunch of wires coming with. "NNnnnnghhhaaaahhh!" With a final twist, she turned her body away from the creature, where the wires pulled free.

"Quint!" Megane quickly teleported Quint to her as she saw the machine start to crack up. A moment after Quint appeared next to her, the large mechanical creature exploded, sending the two of them down the hallway several feet where they bounced along the floors before skidding to a stop. "You okay?"

Quint nodded and groaned as she canceled her Blast Mode. "I think I'd be dead if not for this... Where's Garyuu?"

"Sent him back." Megane, a large gash on her forehead bleeding freely, nodded and looked into Quint's hands. "What the?" She and Quint both gasped.

In her hands was a naked female who had red hair and four wings. "Pull those things out of her." Megane grabbed the tubes that were in the small creature's lower holes and pulled them out slowly. "What the hell? Who could do this?" She asked and gently pulled the helmet off of the creature's head.

At that moment, things went straight to hell.

(---)

Zest let out a growl as he swung his spear down at the prone Cinque.

There was a spray of blood, a female groan and a look of surprise on more than one person's face.

"Duo Lon?" Zest looked at the woman who saved Cinque, her left side had a huge gash in it just under her ribs where blood flowed freely.

"Forgive me." She smiled softly as her form shimmered. Her hair turned from brown to blonde as her eyes turned from brown to yellow. "But I can't let you hurt my sister."

"Due..." Cinque gasped as her older sister groaned and passed out. "Due... Tre..." She looked up at him and growled. "You... Hurt... My... Sisters!" She closed her eyes to fight off the rage she was feeling, without any success.

Zest's eyes widened as Cinque let loose a scream, her hair and jacket started billowing in a breeze that didn't exist as she glowed with a tremendous power. Taking a step back, he watched as her hair and eyes changed color as well. "What the hell?"

"DIE!" Cinque yelled, several knives appeared around him, all crackling with dark energy before snapping forward and slamming into his body, exploding painfully and causing him to cough up blood as he fell to his knees.

'Such power!' Quattro was impressed. 'So that is what the Doctor did to her! Impressive!'

Cinque took one step forward and growled out at him. "You..." Blood suddenly seeped from her lips. "How... DARE YOU!"

Zest grimaced and closed his eyes. "Alphine, I need an emergency rescue."

"On it." She sounded upset as he disappeared, but he'd find out soon enough.

"GET BACK HERE!"

Quattro blinked as Cinque disappeared in a flash of black. "Since when could she do that?" She looked at Due and sighed as she grabbed the blonde. "Still alive?"

"Barely..." Due muttered as she grabbed her side. "Cinque... She's mad... Help her."

"Oh, I intend to." Quattro smirked as the whole group disappeared. It wasn't hard for her to bend space and move around after all.

(---)

Quint groaned as Zest appeared near them. "Zest, we..." She trailed off as a small girl appeared behind him who was glowing with a lot of power.

"Due... Tre... YOU HURT THEM BOTH!" The way she was talking had Quint shuddering nervously.

Zest rushed at her, growling as more knives appeared. The powerful explosions against his body were painful, and even the Blast Mode wasn't able to nullify the effects fully. "Enough!" He called out, slashing down at her body, hoping she'd jump back to avoid the attack.

She didn't and the spear caught her in the right eye, cutting her face and eye before more knives appeared and a powerful explosion threw the two of them away from each other.

Cinque fell to one knee, blood was coming out of her mouth freely now as she looked at Zest with her one good eye as he crashed down right next to the two women.

"Alphine..." Zest groaned painfully. "Get us out of here!"

Megane nodded and closed her eyes as a magic circle appeared under her feet to get them out of there. She panted as the circle disappeared. "Damn, what's going on?"

Quattro smirked as she finished whispering her spell. "Not so fast." It had been a bit hard to chase after Cinque, but seeing this was more than she could have hoped for.

Zest growled and threw up a barrier as more knives were launched at them. "Damn, Nakajima..."

"On it." She closed her eyes and concentrated. "Got them." She sighed as the ship outside started to teleport them all away.

"No you don't!" Cinque yelled as black lightning surrounded the knives she threw at them. She gasped and fell forward as more blood was coughed up from her body.

Behind Cinque, Quattro raised an eyebrow as more knives appeared and were launched at the summoner and two knights. The knives connected with the array and exploded just as the people inside started to disappear, causing at least one of them to be knocked away from the teleportation array. "Hmm..." She blinked as Tre got off of her shoulder, walked over to Cinque, grabbed the small girl and turned her around before punching her in the face hard enough to knock her out.

Quattro shook her head and blinked as Sein popped up under where the explosion was. "What took you?"

"Got lost." Sein grimaced and looked at her feet. "What the?"

By her feet was a purple haired woman and a small redheaded creature, both out cold.

Quattro shook her head and tapped her ear piece. "Un-nee, care to do a pick-up and get us the hell out of here?"

"Not a problem. What happened?"

"Due, Tre, and Cinque are all injured and it seems we have a couple of new... Toys for the doctor to play with."

"Of course, get them close to each other."

Quattro nodded as Sein dropped the small creature on top of Due and the woman near Tre. "Ready." She frowned in confusion as the redhead glowed and disappeared into Due, causing the blonde's hair to change to a red tint as the group disappeared. 'What the hell happened?'

[Justin_Brett]

I'm kind of disappointed Ammy didn't hit him back, honestly. Even if he doesn't like it, they have a duty to fulfill, and punching her for trying to focus on that goal just seems like him being a brat. He's been asking for it for a while, really.

[Kaijo]

Originally Posted by Moczo

I was under the impression that Subaru and Ginga were, while based on Scaglietti's research, actually made by someone different. Is that wrong?

Subaru and Ginga are based off Quint. Someone got her genetic material and created them, but it's unknown whether they were created as babies, or rapidly grown to the age 5 or so when Quint finds them. I'd have to look up exact dates. Some think Quint may have even donated her material since she couldn't have kids, and then "rescued" them later. But yes, this is from someone else's work.

Nove is based off of Quint, too, but from Jail's doing. He extracted genetic material from her, but then presumably left her dead body to be recovered by the TSAB. Which is a bit interesting, considering he took Megane at least; unsure if he actually took Zest, though.

[shiroi mahotsukai]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

Longer part than usual.

This replaces the canon incident for Zest and Co.

Shine Parts 1-30

Shine Part 31

Shine Part 32

Shine Part 33

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - Shine Part 34:

Later...

Sein stretched, yawning as she, Quattro and Cinque walked down one of the tunnel hallways. "How come Tre didn't come with us down this hallway?"

"The Bureau's on their way," Quattro explained as the group turned a corner and came to a door. "Though, I do wish she was here, since you two can't fly." Grabbing Cinque by her arm, she was about to do the same for Sein when the green-haired girl slipped through the floor. "...That's one way, I guess."

Flying down, Quattro mentally smirked. 'Your body does have its uses, though, I wonder what your other sisters have as powers. Maybe I should have taken Sein's body instead?'

'She's too cheerful for nnnnngh...' Quattro's voice groaned out the last words.

'As soon as this mission is over, I'm going to show you your proper place, Quattro.'

'What? Being, aaaah!'

'Don't forget that I can wipe your soul out with a single breath. I'm being nice and letting you live.' Touching down on the ground, she let go of Cinque and jumped as Sein popped out of the ground underneath her and driving her head into her crotch. "Oww! Sein!"

"Sorry." The petite girl blushed heavily. "I didn't mean to do that to you, Qua-nee."

Rubbing her crotch to get rid of the pain, Quattro just snorted at her. "Well, we're here, looks like between Un-nee's abilities and my own Silver Curtain, we were able to avoid being detected by the computer system." Walking over to the computer, she snorted as it looked exactly like the previous one. "Now I just need to disable the computer's defenses and we'll be able to get whatever it is that the doctor wanted and..."

"Got it!" Sein grinned as she popped out from the inside of the computer. On her right arm, just below the wrist, was some sort of circular object. It wasn't that large, but it did cover the width of her arm easily. "Tre-nee told me that it was in a compartment inside of the computer." She looked at the device on her arm. "I thought Tre-nee said this was supposed to be a spear."

"The doctor hasn't found that location yet, but he did find the Body Armor and the Shield, so that leaves the Spear, the Wings, the Mantle and the Heart to get." Quattro shrugged at her as she hacked the computer. "Plus the Bureau was going to get here before us and we might have lost the shield."

Cinque looked at the shield. "It doesn't look like much." She was hesitant to admit that, since she herself didn't look like much, yet she knew that her knives were powerful.

Sein shrugged at that. "I think it looks kind of cool. So, what's next, Qua-nee?"

The taller cyborg turned to smile at the two of them. "Sein, I need you to go and collect these for me." The screen lit up, showing off the robots in question. "They're the strongest defenders of these sites." She threw Sein a small bag. "Inside are nodes that Un-nee will use to send them back to base."

"Alright!" Sein grinned and ran for the wall before jumping into and through it.

"Why do you want these weapons, Quattro?" Cinque looked at them in confusion.

Quattro smirked softly. "I don't want the Bureau to get them, plus they're far more powerful than all of the Gadget Drones that the doctor has put together."

"Bad news everyone. The Bureau's here."

"Already?"

"Makes sense, Tre-nee, they do have better ships than we do."

"Yeah, I get that, Sein. I'm going to intercept the strongest ones. Quattro, if they split up, make sure that the defenses of this place go after the others."

"Not a problem." Quattro said over the radio. "Now, let's see if these things are as strong as I hope they are."

(---)

Zest walked down the hallways, Duo Lon behind him. "This is an interesting place." She spoke up before wilting at the look he gave her. "Um, sorry."

"Keep your voice down, we don't want to attract attention. I heard that the last time someone came to a place like this, it took an entire team of AA to S rank mages and knights to deal with it." He sighed softly when she nodded, looking terrified. "I just don't want to lose anyone on this mission."

"Yes sir." She nodded as they went back to walking down the hallway. "Look out!" Her eyes widened as a purple streak rushed in and slammed into Zest, knocking him into her.

Grunting, Zest looked up as the purple streak reformed into a rather tall and attractive woman with short purple hair who was wearing a skin-tight blue body suit that left nothing to the imagination and really showed off her prominent breasts and ass. If Zest was more crass, he might have made a comment about her ass being the size of a small moon.

On her ankles and wrists were small purple wings that seemed to flap a couple of times as she looked down him with a stern face and narrowed eyes. As Zest got up, he narrowed his eyes. "Another speed user, huh?"

"Böe-Modus."

Flying into the air, Zest was surprised as she suddenly barreled into him, sending them both down the hallway.

Duo Lon frowned as she watched the two going down the hallway. "What is Tre doing here?" She asked herself softly and ran after them. At the very least, she needed to make sure that nothing bad happened.

(---)

Megane grunted as the insect-like machines slashed at her barrier. If she didn't have her own insect summons, she would be quite disgusted by them. "Who the heck has mechanical Preying Mantis as defenders?"

Behind her, Quint laughed softly as she and Garyuu made a mess of them. "Oh, come on, Megane, it's not..." She trailed off as they started pulling themselves together. "Okay, it is that bad." She punched at the group that was quickly reforming itself. "Revolver... Cannon!" Smashing her fist into the pile of scrap, she nodded as it was blown apart and sent all over the place.

Megane blasted a few more and frowned as a rumbling sound was heard. Turning, she and Quint gaped as large rolling balls were heading right towards them. "I dunno about you but..." Whatever Quint was going to say was cut off as the balls stopped and shifted into a humanoid form before pointing their arms out at the two and shooting various lasers at them.

"Garyuu!" Megane called out, thankful that her summon was able to avoid being shot and was even able to get close to them. "Quint..."

"Give me a boost up, I can't get close otherwise." Quint grunted as her barriers were pelted with strong attacks.

"Right, speed... Up!"

Quint grinned and rushed down the hallway, weaving in and out of the attacks as if they weren't even there. "Revolver... STRIKE!" Smashing one in the head, she grinned as it fell down while Garyuu jammed its spike into the arm of one that was about to shoot her from behind. Getting off of that one, she used her left hand to slam another one down while her right hand held up a barrier. "At least there isn't a lot of them." Quint said as she and Garyuu were making quick work of them.

(---)

Quattro narrowed her eyes and sighed. "If you want a job done, you have to do it yourself it seems like." She pushed a button and grinned. "Let's see if those two can deal with this one." She then turned and grabbed Cinque. "I have things mostly set up now." Taking off into the air, she tapped the radio in her ear. "Sein, did you get them?"

"There's like forty of these things down here! I got thirty of them, but one just turned on and walked out."

"That's fine, get the other nine and contact Uno to send them back to base, they won't turn on."

"Okay!" Sein chirped happily as the radio shut off.

Quattro mentally shuddered at the perkiness in Sein's voice. 'How in the name of Lord Chaotic Blue can anyone be so... Cheerful and happy?'

'I don't know... Why does that repulse me so much, Levi?'

Levi mentally smirked. 'The joys of being bonded to a Mazoku... As soon as I get enough power, I'll be able to split off of you for good.'

When they got back up to the tunnel door that they entered the room in, Quattro blinked as she put Cinque down. "What the..?" She stared as Tre slid across the floor, bleeding out of her side.

"Tre." Cinque whispered and looked down the hallway, narrowing her eyes as she saw Zest, bleeding from his face, standing up. "Identify yourself." She held up some knives.

"Zest Grangeitz, of the Time-Space Administration Bureau's Ground Forces." He pointed his spear at the three of them. "These sites have been deemed off-limits by the Bureau and you are hereby ordered to withdraw immediately." He closed his eyes for a second. "I will allow you to take your comrade to get help if you leave right now." Opening his eyes, he sighed as the small one seemed to get more upset. "Very well, if we must fight, then let us fight."

"Quattro, help Tre out." Cinque said as she threw several exploding knives at Zest, who flew at her and cross his arms to protect his head.

Zest grimaced as the knives came into contact with his body. They didn't do much, though the explosion that followed them was enough to make him grunt slightly and get pushed back in mid-air.

Cinque's eyes widened, even with her enhanced power that she had, the explosion did so little?

"Qua...ttro..." Tre looked up at her younger sister, who looked at her dispassionately. "Nnngh... A hand, please?"

Quattro looked at Tre as she raised a hand feebly, before rolling her eyes and grabbing it. 'You feel the pain she's in?'

"Yes... Why does it feel so...'

'Good?' Levi let her smirk crawl to her physical face. 'Because pain of all sorts is a delight to a Mazoku.' As Tre got to her feet, she tapped her ear-piece. "Sein, how goes the preparations?"

"All done here. Un-nee just got the last of the big ones out. I'm coming up to help you all out."

"Good, Uno, Tre needs a pick-up here."

"Can't, Quattro, the teleportation matrix is going to take some time, just hold him off for a little longer."

Quattro sighed as she watched Zest and Cinque literally dancing around each other, Zest trying to get close and Cinque staying back as far as she could without getting out of position. Her eyes narrowed as she looked at Cinque. 'What kind of power is that..?' She couldn't get a good look at it, and it was starting to bubble up from underneath the surface. Well, whatever it was, Cinque's explosions were getting stronger. "Careful or you'll bring this whole tunnel down on us!"

Cinque nodded as she danced away from another stab from Zest and surrounded his body with smaller knives, all of which launched at him at once. She grimaced as he swung his spear in a circle, cutting through her knives in an instant, leaving only a few that hit him.

As the smoke cleared, Cinque was forced to throw her own personal barrier up when Zest rushed forward to block his attack. Getting a good look at his face, Cinque could only see some sweat and a couple of new cuts covering him. "You're strong." He commented and her eyes widened as his blade started cutting through her barrier. "It's too bad we're enemies."

"Yes." She jumped back and made the floor in front of her explode, gasping slightly as she looked at her leg. Even just a nick was enough to cut down to her bone.

Quattro just smirked as she watched.

(---)

Quint panted softly as she and Garyuu finished off the last of the mechanical ball creatures. "Megane, how.." She trailed off as a large, nearly three meters in height, white in color with a giant cannon on its right arm appeared a few feet behind Megane. "LOOK OUT!"

Megane turned as the thing pointed its cannon at her and fired. Megane threw up a quick barrier and let out a cry as her barrier was pierced and the energy slammed into her shoulder, sending her crashing to the ground with a groan.

"Megane!" Quint and Garyuu were already on the move towards her position. Garyuu, being able to fly, was able to get there ahead of Quint. The creature grabbed Garyuu's arm and slammed the summon down onto the ground hard enough that the whole tunnel shook partially.

"Megane, you okay?" Quint looked at the summoner, who nodded painfully as she gripped her shoulder.

"Help, Garyuu, please?" Quint nodded and rushed at the mechanical creature. It looked at her and threw Garyuu at her.

Catching the insectoid summon, Quint jumped out of the way of another energy attack and flipped in mid air to avoid the follow up strike. "Shit, what..." Her eyes widened as a gout of flame suddenly erupted from the cannon. "Hold on!" Calling up her Wing Road, she drove down quickly, barely avoiding the flames and getting close to Megane. "Get him out of here, Megane, I'll stop this thing." She dropped Garyuu down and spun to face the creature as it pointed its cannon at them. "Blast Mode!" Slamming her right fist into her left open palm, her body was quickly covered in a protective metal cover. "Now... Earth..." She held her hands to the side. "And Sky! Give me cover for a few moments." She started chanting in something that Megane didn't know as she brought her hands together.

As she clasped her hands together a vortex was created and lashed out, quickly surrounding the creature, who was forced to step back. "AAAAAAHHHH!" She screamed and rushed forward. Unlike against Nanoha, she wasn't holding back this time as her hands slammed into and through the chest armor of the creature, easily pushing through the inner workings as if they weren't there. Quint's eyes widened as the top of her thumbs brushed against something that felt out of place. Grunting she moved her hands up slightly and loosened the grip her clasped hands had, before pulling back out, a bunch of wires coming with. "NNnnnnghhhaaaahhh!" With a final twist, she turned her body away from the creature, where the wires pulled free.

"Quint!" Megane quickly teleported Quint to her as she saw the machine start to crack up. A moment after Quint appeared next to her, the large mechanical creature exploded, sending the two of them down the hallway several feet where they bounced along the floors before skidding to a stop. "You okay?"

Quint nodded and groaned as she canceled her Blast Mode. "I think I'd be dead if not for this... Where's Garyuu?"

"Sent him back." Megane, a large gash on her forehead bleeding freely, nodded and looked into Quint's hands. "What the?" She and Quint both gasped.

In her hands was a naked female who had red hair and four wings. "Pull those things out of her." Megane grabbed the tubes that were in the small creature's lower holes and pulled them out slowly. "What the hell? Who could do this?" She asked and gently pulled the helmet off of the creature's head.

At that moment, things went straight to hell.

(---)

Zest let out a growl as he swung his spear down at the prone Cinque.

There was a spray of blood, a female groan and a look of surprise on more than one person's face.

"Duo Lon?" Zest looked at the woman who saved Cinque, her left side had a huge gash in it just under her ribs where blood flowed freely.

"Forgive me." She smiled softly as her form shimmered. Her hair turned from brown to blonde as her eyes turned from brown to yellow. "But I can't let you hurt my sister."

"Due..." Cinque gasped as her older sister groaned and passed out. "Due... Tre..." She looked up at him and growled. "You... Hurt... My... Sisters!" She closed her eyes to fight off the rage she was feeling, without any success.

Zest's eyes widened as Cinque let loose a scream, her hair and jacket started billowing in a breeze that didn't exist as she glowed with a tremendous power. Taking a step back, he watched as her hair and eyes changed color as well. "What the hell?"

"DIE!" Cinque yelled, several knives appeared around him, all crackling with dark energy before snapping forward and slamming into his body, exploding painfully and causing him to cough up blood as he fell to his knees.

'Such power!' Quattro was impressed. 'So that is what the Doctor did to her! Impressive!'

Cinque took one step forward and growled out at him. "You..." Blood suddenly seeped from her lips. "How... DARE YOU!"

Zest grimaced and closed his eyes. "Alphine, I need an emergency rescue."

"On it." She sounded upset as he disappeared, but he'd find out soon enough.

"GET BACK HERE!"

Quattro blinked as Cinque disappeared in a flash of black. "Since when could she do that?" She looked at Due and sighed as she grabbed the blonde. "Still alive?"

"Barely..." Due muttered as she grabbed her side. "Cinque... She's mad... Help her."

"Oh, I intend to." Quattro smirked as the whole group disappeared. It wasn't hard for her to bend space and move around after all.

(---)

Quint groaned as Zest appeared near them. "Zest, we..." She trailed off as a small girl was glowing with a lot of power.

"Due... Tre... YOU HURT THEM BOTH!" The way she was talking had Quint shuddering nervously.

Zest rushed at her, growling as more knives appeared. The powerful explosions against his body were painful, and even the Blast Mode wasn't able to nullify the effects fully. "Enough!" He called out, slashing down at her body, hoping she'd jump back to avoid the attack.

She didn't and the spear caught her in the right eye, cutting her face and eye before more knives appeared and a powerful explosion threw the two of them away from each other.

Cinque fell to one knee, blood was coming out of her mouth freely now as she looked at Zest with her one good eye as he crashed down right next to the two women.

"Alphine..." Zest groaned painfully. "Get us out of here!"

Megane nodded and closed her eyes as a magic circle appeared under her feet to get them out of there.

Behind Cinque, Quattro raised an eyebrow as more knives appeared and were launched at the summoner and two knights. "Hmm..." She blinked as Tre got off of her shoulder, walked over to Cinque, grabbed the small girl and turned her around before punching her in the face hard enough to knock her out.

Quattro shook her head and blinked as Sein popped up under where the explosion was. "What took you?"

"Got lost." Sein grimaced and looked at her feet. "What the?"

By her feet was a purple haired woman and a small redheaded creature, both out cold.

Quattro shook her head and tapped her ear piece. "Un-nee, care to do a pick-up and get us the hell out of here?"

"Not a problem. What happened?"

"Due, Tre, and Cinque are all injured and it seems we have a couple of new... Toys for the doctor to play with."

"Of course, get them close to each other."

Quattro nodded as Sein dropped the small creature on top of Due and the woman near Tre. "Ready." She frowned in confusion as the redhead glowed and disappeared into Due, causing the blonde's hair to change to a red tint as the group disappeared. 'What the hell happened?'

Y'know, that last line pretty much sums up the entire chapter. The fact that they didn't die makes me kind of happy though, it was an unfair end really.

[Moczo]

Originally Posted by Laith

I think is implied that they were "made" by other person and that was why Jail wanted them. It´s being I while though so I don´t remember very well.

Also also nice avatar Moczo~

Originally Posted by Kaijo

Subaru and Ginga are based off Quint. Someone got her genetic material and created them, but it's unknown whether they were created as babies, or rapidly grown to the age 5 or so when Quint finds them. I'd have to look up exact dates. Some think Quint may have even donated her material since she couldn't have kids, and then "rescued" them later. But yes, this is from someone else's work.

Nove is based off of Quint, too, but from Jail's doing. He extracted genetic material from her, but then presumably left her dead body to be recovered by the TSAB. Which is a bit interesting, considering he took Megane at least; unsure if he actually took Zest, though.

Thought so! Thanks for the confirmation, guys.

And thank Kuroi Hadou for the avatar, he made it for me.

Originally Posted by Justin_Brett

I'm kind of disappointed Ammy didn't hit him back, honestly. Even if he doesn't like it, they have a duty to fulfill, and punching her for trying to focus on that goal just seems like him being a brat. He's been asking for it for a while, really.

*shrug* She makes up for it by generally being impossible to live with. And yeah... he's not all that great a person, when you get right down to it. He's got weirdly paradoxical morals and does not take his work seriously enough. Amaterasu is a bit heartless, but she was doing her job. He was taking care not to kill anyone, but he wasn't. And yes, he is a bit of a brat; Ammy's rather tolerant of her baby sibling's eccentricities because she wants to get them into bed because of how long they've been together. She knew this was coming, eventually.

[Tiresias]

*Checks Calendar* Huh?

Originally Posted by Moczo

Next chapter of Infinity is up! A bit shorter than the norm, but it brings back what you really all read the story for: the kickoff to several straight chapters of exposition! Whoo-hoo!

I'm waiting for the whole exposition actually, not just a kick-off . But it's nice that Jail finally enters the picture; I'm eagerly awaiting for the train-wreck

Wait, where did the blueprint for Jail came from? Was it something I missed or something yet to be revealed?

[Moczo]

Originally Posted by Tiresias

*Checks Calendar* Huh?



I'm waiting for the whole exposition actually, not just a kick-off . But it's nice that Jail finally enters the picture; I'm eagerly awaiting for the train-wreck

Wait, where did the blueprint for Jail came from? Was it something I missed or something yet to be revealed?

Hey, sometimes I'm awesome like that.


I first mentioned the blueprint awhile back, in this chapter. So it didn't come out of nowhere, don't worry.

[Justin_Brett]

In what section of it, pray tell?

[00-Raiser]

Originally Posted by Kaijo

Subaru and Ginga are based off Quint. Someone got her genetic material and created them, but it's unknown whether they were created as babies, or rapidly grown to the age 5 or so when Quint finds them. I'd have to look up exact dates. Some think Quint may have even donated her material since she couldn't have kids, and then "rescued" them later. But yes, this is from someone else's work.

Nove is based off of Quint, too, but from Jail's doing. He extracted genetic material from her, but then presumably left her dead body to be recovered by the TSAB. Which is a bit interesting, considering he took Megane at least; unsure if he actually took Zest, though.

I think it's more likely that Regius, as the one spearheading the project, saw a member of his close friend's squad whose combat style and special abilities were deemed ideal for the combat cyborgs and so decided to use her as the basis. Wouldn't be difficult for him to get her DNA via records or by ordering a blood test. Jail probably had access to the same material.

Though some one else did make the type 0s, I'm not sure if it's the same case as Project Fate or not, with Jail doing the fundamentals, but another person perfecting it.

[Tiresias]

Originally Posted by Moczo

Hey, sometimes I'm awesome like that.


I first mentioned the blueprint awhile back, in this chapter. So it didn't come out of nowhere, don't worry.

So I guess we won't be seeing another Infinity or Chaos Theory for another six months?

Ah, yes, now I remembered. Chekov's Guns are fine, Asspulls are not

[Moczo]

Originally Posted by Justin_Brett

In what section of it, pray tell?

Spoiler for Not sure if this needs spoiler tags or not, but what the hey.:

The second part, with the Director planning alongside one of his assistants. "There's been some problems integrating the gem with the Logia we slipped from Containment,"; the 'spherical green gem' mentioned in the blueprint is the Drive unit that Section Black captured earlier in the story and lied to Enlil about having disassembled; they were actually attempting to use it to power another Lost Logia for their own use. Scaglietti has just been conscripted to complete the process.

Originally Posted by Tiresias

So I guess we won't be seeing another Infinity or Chaos Theory for another six months?

Ah, yes, now I remembered. Chekov's Guns are fine, Asspulls are not

Naaah, three months, tops.

I try to pull my plot twists firmly from Chekov's Armoury; at least I have made the attempt to subtly foreshadow most of the major plot twists to come, though if I've done my job right, the foreshadowing won't become obvious until after the event in question has already happened.

[Kaijo]

Originally Posted by 00-Raiser

I think it's more likely that Regius, as the one spearheading the project, saw a member of his close friend's squad whose combat style and special abilities were deemed ideal for the combat cyborgs and so decided to use her as the basis. Wouldn't be difficult for him to get her DNA via records or by ordering a blood test. Jail probably had access to the same material.

While Jail might have had it from Regius, if you use this line of reasoning, Jail (or whatever researcher made Subaru and Ginga) had Megane and Zest's as well. Why not do combat cyborgs out of them? Zest was pretty bad ass even while he was half-dying.

The only difference I can see is that Quint couldn't have kids. Thus, impetus to have children.

But really, either theory would work.

[Justin_Brett]

Oh right. Not sure what just the power source will do without being connected to the Master Gate itself. Seems like the sort of thing that might blow up in their face, and prevent them from affecting actual canon. >_>