Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS: Warzone Mid-Childa
Chapter 1: First Contact
Nanoha gave Subaru a sour look after she said she quit. It was unlike her to do that but then again, Nanoha did push her to the brink during training that Subaru almost attempted to hit her. Unacceptable.
“Okay, Subaru, go get some rest. Perhaps you can think it over clearly after that.” said Nanoha.
“Yeah yeah, I know.” Subaru said while she gave Nanoha a sarcastic salute. Nanoha wanted to rebuke her for insubordinance when Subaru turned around and walked away. Maybe she was too harsh on her. Maybe she’ll go talk to Subaru about it later.
Later that evening, Nanoha sat down at the cafeteria to watch the news. Lately, there were reports of TSAB ships being destroyed near the Solar System. Nanoha wondered if Chrono Harlaown had the right mind to explore there because besides Earth and Mars, there were no other hospitable places suitable for colonization. Speaking of Earth-
“Nanoha, can you turn around for a moment?” Nanoha turned around to find Fate standing behind her with a few pictures. “I want you to look at this” said Fate. There was a tone of confusion in her voice. Nanoha took the pictures and looked at it. It showed a blurry outline of a large object, most likely man-made. It was kind of blockish yet intimidating to look at. “What are these suppose to be, Fate? Boxes?” she asked. “That is what I want to know too. One of the ships sent to scout the Solar System took this before being destroyed.”
“That is certainly wrong. Our ships could survive firefights but this is an exception. Could it be that humans have mastered space superiority?”
“I doubt it, Nanoha. No race could just advance like that without going through decades of trial and error.Then again, only one race lives in the Solar System and that is your race.”
Nanoha winced. Humans mastering space ship production in just years, not decades? She has been absent too long from Earth so she was not updated. It’s impossible, astronomical in fact, which this could happen. “So what is Chrono’s next course of action?” Nanoha asked? “He decided to stop scouting Solar System for now. I’m still wondering though. If Chrono knew there were inhabitants I Sol, why did he bother going there in the first place? I thought he never bothered to even look at the humans”
“Perhaps he thinks he could bully the humans because they are weak.” Nanoha joked. The two gave false laughs and stopped. Chrono came in and stared at them.
“What was this bully thing I heard?” he said with a sarcastic tone. Nanoha laughed nervously and said “Well, we were just…uhh…joking! Yeah, we were just joking that you love to bully the uh…new mages!” Fate noded her head and grinned. “New mages? But I don’t train them. You do.” said Chrono. “Anyway, I’m just pondering over a few things I want answering as soon as possible. How did the inhabitants on Non-goverened Planet 97 get so advanced and what kind of weapon are they using? Do you girls know?” Fate scratched her head and sighed “Your guess is just as good as ours, sir.”
Chrono shook his head and left.
That night, Subaru took a stroll near the water edge. Cool night wind blew in her face and it felt soothing. She took a stone and threw it into the sea when Nanoha came behind her.
“Subaru, can we have a talk?” “Leave me alone” muttered Subaru but Nanoha came up to her anyway. “Listen, have you ever felt my pain before?” asked Nanoha. “I’ve seen it through the vids months ago before Jail Scaglietti’s attack. I know it is invading your privacy but I’ve seen it anyway. I know my pain does not match yours but that does not mean you can push me around, Captain Nanoha.” said Subaru bitterly. “Yes I know but it is my duty. If I just let you go on willy nilly, what can you succeed? Think about it, Subaru, if it were not for the vigorous trainings I’ve put myself through when I was younger, I would not be so succeesful. I am who I am now because of that and I intend to teach my trainees the value of hardwork. Get what I mean? I have taught Teana that lesson before so I’m teaching you now.” Subaru wiped a tear away from her eyes. Nanoha patted her shoulder and smiled.
“So I assume you’re alright with it?” asked Nanoha smilingly. Subaru gave a slight nod and smiled back. She saluted. “Good, go get some rest then. Our next training will begin tomorrow. Remember, even if we were disbanded, that does not mean we don’t look out for each other anymore.” Nanoha said. The next morning, Nanoha trained a group of new trainees when Fate contacted her. “Nanoha, come to Saint Church now. Chrono says that it is urgent.”
“How urgent?”
“Code Red urgent. It might just lead to an open war.”
Nanoha shuddered. Cold sweat ran down her head and felt tingles in her spine. Open war was the worst thing the Mid-Childans were ill-prepared for since the tight military budget was discouraging anyone from joining the military, coupled with the number of mages KIAed during the attack Jail Scaglietti launched. Military power was not sufficient. Even if the Terrans were weak, their military should be much larger than the Mid-Childan’s.
“I’m on my way.” said Nanoha as she closed the holocom. “Okay, trainees, you are dismissed for now. I have an urgent meeting to attend.”
At Saint Church, Chrono paced in his office while watching a video transmission sent by one Fleet Admiral Kiethon Marshall. It originated from Non-governed Planet 97. He was older than Chrono by 5 years but he looked like he had 20 years of battle experience. The dangerous look on his face suggested that.
“This is Fleet Admiral Kiethon Marshall of Terran Space Force Command located in Okinawa, Japan. To whoever intruded our territory, we have traced a signal to your homeworld and we have our sights on you. You have violated Terran Space Protocol by intruding without official permission. We have the authority to use force against you for your intentions are unknown. However, we will send a negotiator to hear your explanation for your intrusion as we try not to risk war. But if I find my negotiator killed or your explanation is unable to convince us, you better prepare yourself. Kiethon signing out.”
Chrono tapped his foot and scratched his head. “What say you, Fate? This Kiethon guy does not seem to know our military strength.”
Fate looked down and replyed “Lets wait for Nanoha, then we decide whether to discuss this with the top brass or take things into our hands.”