FATE/SCIENTIA THREATS
Disclaimer: I do not own Fate Stay Night or Fate Hollow Ataraxia.
Author's Note: I never played the games before. I just watch the anime. Therefore, I hereby apologized for facts that contradict with the game. Also, although this story follows the Fate Stay Night storyline (mostly), characters from Fate Hollow Ataraxia will appear. I will also be merging different scenes from the different scenarios for this story. Please bear with me if you find this weird. Please tell me if there is anything that might need correcting. And I will appreciate it if none of you readers flame me. Thank you very much.
Prologue
In a secret laboratory deep underground, a group of people wearing white coats are busy working. Some are walking around, checking meters of strange equipments. Some are recording data at a very fast speed. There are also those who are making adjustments with wires and switches. Robots move here and there under the summon of the scientists.
"TG-2, bring me the device labelled DHVB-98K!"
"Professor, the readings are abnormal. The signals are suddenly weak and suddenly strong!"
"Keep it going no matter what!"
BEEP!
A loud and sharp beep caught the attention of all the scientist. The head scientist turned to the screen of the main computer and saw the words.
TERMINALS CONNECTED
CYBERBRAIN INITIALIZED
BACK-UP FUNCTIONING
COSMOSTRON FULLY ACTIVATED
"We did it! We did it!" The scientists cheered loudly at the sight of the last line on the computer screen.
As they are drowned in happiness, they didn't notice that one of the robots have put in something suspicious into their air-ventilation systems……
Chapter One: They're back
It is recess at Homurabara Gakuen. Several students are discussing about the headlines that appear in today's newspaper.
"The police says that it is an illegal weapon factory and an accident caused it to blow up," a girl say.
"But they are rumours that say otherwise. Some rumours have been saying that it is actually a laboratory that was doing experiments on humans……"
At the top of the building, Emiya Shirou is staring into the sky. His previous lesson had just caused him to remember something, or someone… It pains him to recall the memory.
"It's been a year and you still can't let go?" A girl ask from behind him. He turned around and sees Tōsaka Rin.
"Hi," is all Shirou said to her.
"Sakura's worried about you. Just now in class you look like you want to shout every time when the substitute teacher mentioned……"
"I know, I know," Shirou sighed. During the lesson before recess, the teacher decided to talk about some English legends after half of the class seem to have lost interest about History. And of all the English legends, the teacher chose to talk about Arthurian legends. Shirou felt like telling the teacher that King Arthur is actually a girl each time he hears the teacher using 'he' or the name 'Arthur'.
"Shirou, Saber's gone. Sakura and I have been telling you that for a year!"
"I know!" Shirou shouts without intending to do so.
"Sorry," he quickly apologizes.
Rin sighed. "Look, I miss Archer too, but you don't see me acting like you. Just when are you going to…"
Before she can continue, the bell rang.
"Let's just go to class." Shirou says and walks past her.
"Hey! Listen to what I say!"
In the classroom……
Fujimura Taiga walks in, followed by a new student.
"Class! Today we have a new exchange student from who will be joining us!" she announces to the class.
"Hi. Nice to meet you." He greets the class. His messy jet-black hair reminds some of the students about Harry Potter's hair. And the fact that he wears glasses also reminds them about that boy-wizard of the famous fiction novel.
"So Dynasty, why don't you introduce yourself to the class?"
"Huh? Dynasty? What kind of name is that?" one of them asks.
"It's my nickname. A lot of people have trouble pronouncing my name, so I gave myself a nickname using the translation of the last word in my Chinese name. You all can just address me using my nickname" The new student replied.
"You are a Chinese?" someone else ask.
"Yes." Dynasty replies. His eyes caught someone who is looking out the window.
"Looks like he really is a good choice," he thought to himself.
"Dynasty, what are you interest in?"
"I like to read, especially about legends and myths. One of my favourites is legends about King Arthur."
"That is not her true name!" Shirou suddenly stands and shouts out loud, shocking the whole class. The class becomes silent for about a minute, Shirou, upon realizing what he had done, turns red and says a quick apology.
"Ehm, well, you people can get to know him more after school. Dynasty, you can sit at the empty desk beside Shirou." Taiga tells him, trying to break the silence.
As Dynasty walks to his seat, Shirou heard a whisper.
"So, Emiya Shirou, I see you still miss Arturia."
"What did you say?" Shirou immediately turn towards his new classmate, only to have him staring back at him with a confused look.
"Nothing, sorry." He apologizes again.
"It's alright." Dynasty replied.
As Taiga starts her class, Shirou wonders what he is going to say later in the evening when Taiga asks about his shouting.
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In the evening, Shirou is walking back home when he meets Dynasty outside his house.
"Shirou, do you live here?" Dynasty asks.
"Yes. Err, sorry about today. I just lost control over some of my thoughts," Shirou says.
"Something I said remind you of someone you care deeply?" Dynasty asks. This question surprises Shirou.
"Ehm, yes." Shirou answers. His mind starts thinking about Saber again until Dynasty yells, "Kōng! Put that apple back into Shirou's bag!" Shirou looks down and sees a monkey taking out an apple from his shopping bag. Before he can say anything, the monkey puts the apple back and jumps onto Dynasty's right shoulder.
"Sorry about that. He can be very naughty at times," Dynasty apologizes for his monkey's bad behaviour.
"It's alright. Would you like to stay for dinner?" Shirou invites him.
"You sure it's alright? Troublemaker here might mess up your house," Dynasty grins and points at his pet. The monkey sticks out its tongue at him.
"I'll just give it some fruits and peanuts to keep him occupied," Shirou smiles and says.
"If in that case, thanks for the offer."
The two boys go into the house. Sakura is already in the kitchen. Shirou leads Dynasty to the dining room while he goes to the kitchen to help Sakura.
As Dynasty looks around, he hears someone running from the entrance.
"Onii-chan!" A girl with white hair rushes in. She stops in her tracks when she sees Dynasty.
"Who are you?" the girl asks.
"A classmate of Shirou. You must be Ilya right? Shirou told me about you," Dynasty replies. His monkey just looks at Ilya, and jumps towards the table to grab a banana.
At this moment, Shirou comes out, holding a pot. "You are here early today Ilya," Shirou says to the girl.
"I had less homework today, so I manage to come earlier," she replies with a smile.
A cell phone rings.
"Excuse me." Dynasty takes out his phone goes to a corner to answers his call.
"Onii-chan, is that your friend's monkey?" Ilya asks, pointing at the monkey.
"Yeah, I think he calls it Kong or something……" Shirou tells her as he puts down the pot.
"Shirou, I am sorry but I can't stay for dinner. Some emergency had happened and I have to be there," Dynasty says suddenly after the call.
"Huh? Is it some big trouble? Do you need any extra help?" Shirou asks.
"Thanks, but I can handle this myself. Sorry for leaving so soon. Kōng, we have to go now." Dynasty tells his pet. The monkey immediately climbs onto his shoulder.
As soon as his new classmate walks past him, Shirou hear another whisper, one like the one he hears in class today.
"Do not let your guard down."
"Huh?" Shirou turns to ask his friend, only to find that his friend has already left.
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It is already night time. As Shirou lie in bed, he looks towards the lion doll. Then he turns away. Normally he wouldn't notice the doll, but tonight, the moon is very bright.
"Saber……"
"I can take you to her." A rough voice speaks from outside his room. Shirou immediately jumps up.
"Who's there? Show yourself!" Shirou demands. Suddenly, a thick chain comes in through the window and wraps Shirou. Then without warning, something pulls him out of his room and into the yard.
As Shirou crashes onto the ground, he hears a sound of someone loading a gun. He turns around and sees a huge figure dress in leather jacket and wearing dark glasses pointing a pistol at him.
"Sayonara, human mage." the figure says.
"Wait! What is the meaning of this?! And how do you know I'm a mage?" Shirou asks as he tries to stand up.
"This is none of your concern. Soon all human mages will disappear from this world," the figure replies.
Then, he fires.
The bullet is only a few inches from Shirou's forehead when he suddenly feels a pair of hairy arms drag him aside in the nick of time.
Seeing this, his attacker flees. "You are not escaping this time!" his rescuer chases after the attacker. It all happens so fast that Shirou didn't manage to get a good look at the face of the person who saved him just now. He only manages to catch a glimpse of what seems like a tail.
"What the hell is going on?" Shirou asks himself after he has got his breath back. He takes a deep breath, considers his options, and decides his next step.
At Tōsaka residence……
"Just who could be calling at such a time?" Rin wonders, annoyed that her sleep is disturbed.
"Hello?"
"Rin! Someone tried to kill me just now! And I think you, Sakura and Ilya could be next!" Shirou yells through the phone.
"What did you say!?"
It took a while for Shirou to tell Rin what had happened. After thinking for a while, she tells Shirou to warn Ilya while she will warn Sakura. Then they will gather at somewhere safe to discuss about this.
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It took about an hour for Shirou, Sakura and Ilya to reach the grounds of Ryūdōji Temple. As they reach there, Rin is busy putting protective spells around the area.
"Finally, you are here." Rin says.
"Rin, of all places, why here?" Shirou asks. Beside him, a sleepy Ilya yawns.
"Onii-chan, give me a piggy back and let me sleep on your back," Ilya says sleepily, unaware that she might be in grave danger.
"There is a chance that your attacker knows where we live, so that makes none of our place a good choice," Rin replies as she finalizes her spell.
"Senpai, does this means……" Sakura stopped mid-sentence.
"What is it Sakura?" Shirou asks.
"Does this mean the War has begun again?" Sakura asks in a small voice. Her fear is shown as she asks her question.
"Even so, it has nothing to do with us. yawn we are no longer Masters, nor do we have any Servants," Ilya replies with her eyes closed.
"She does have a point. What troubles me is what the attacker says to you." Rin says with a frown.
"He says something like all human mages will disappear," Shirou tells Sakura after seeing her confused look.
"Do you think your attacker might not be human?" Sakura asks.
"That might be possible, if he uses the word 'human'," Shirou replies.
"Correct, human. None of us are your kind," a voice came from the bushes.
Everyone turn, including Ilya, who is now fully awake, and sees a woman wearing a grey visor with a machine gun in her hand.
"Your protective spells might protect you from magic, but it will not defend you against these bullets," the woman says.
Shirou prepares to trace something that can protect them from the bullets, but as soon as he raises his hands, two other women with visors and machine guns appear behind them.
"They…they look exactly the same!" Sakura exclaims.
"Emiya Shirou, your Tracing ability will not help you here. You and the other human mages might as well accept your fate and receive a quick death." One of the two women at the back says as the three of them go closer.
"Just what are you!" Rin shouts.
"It does not matter to you." came the monotonous reply.
One of them is about to pull the trigger when suddenly…
"EXCALIBUR!"
The two women who just appeared reveal their true from when the attack hit them. They are robots.
The four of them haven't even got the time express their shock when a pair of long iron nails appear from nowhere and pierce through the remaining enemy. Wires and gears came out from its remains, just like the previous two.
"Saber!"
"Rider!"
Saber appears from behind a tree, while Rider jumps down from another and land beside Saber.
"Looks like we got here just in time," Rider says as she pulls her weapon out from the robot.
Shirou is about to rush towards Saber when something glow at his arm.
"This must be a dream. I am having too many shocks at one go!" he desperately thought to himself when he sees Command Mantras on his arm.
The three girls found themselves in the same situation.
"Saber! What……" Shirou's sentence is cut short when Saber suddenly pulls him and Ilya and runs, followed by Rider who is taking Sakura and Rin.
"No time to explain here Shirou! We must get to somewhere safe and meet with the others as soon as possible!" Saber tells him as she runs.
"Others?!"
Their paths are soon blocked. In front of them are several weird looking robots, armed with what seems like bazookas.
"BELLEROPHON!" Rider commands Pegasus to send shock waves towards the obstacle.
"Somebody please tell me what is going on!" Rin thought to herself as they continue running again, only to be distracted by an explosion coming from nearby, follow by a familiar roar.
"That's Berserker!" Ilya says. Rider and Saber look at each other, and give each other a nod.
"Rider! Why are we going towards Berserker's location?" Rin yells as Pegasus flies off at a fast speed.
"Because he might need our help!" Saber tells her.
"WHAT?" is the question formed in Shirou's and Rin's mind.
When they reach there, they see not only Berserker, but also all the Servants that appeared during the last War. What's more, they are fighting what seem like a small army of robots.
"Finally you two are back! Give us a hand will you?" Archer calls out as he slashes the head of one of his enemies.
"Ah, Saber! We will settle the old score after this mess is over!" Lancer yells he evades a few enemy fires.
"What are they doing here? I thought only Berserker and Archer are the only ones sent with us," Rider asks Saber as she pulls out her chain.
"I don't know," Saber replies.
"THREAT LEVEL INCREASE. CALLING FOR REINFORCEMENT. " one of the machines says as it spotted the newly arrived group.
Two silver puddle-like beings creep up a tree. Then without warning, one of them stretches itself and pulls Sakura away from Rider.
"Sakura!"
Rider furiously throws her weapon towards the captor. It hit the other one, but it did not penetrate. Instead, the being sends electric shocks to Rider through it!
"AARHH!"
Shirou immediately Trace Kanshō and Bakuya. Unfortunately, before he can take any action, the puddle starts speaking.
"Male human, do not move or the female human losses her life."
The battle stops, but not because the other Servants sees that Sakura is being held hostage, it's because all the robots have been destroyed. However, that is soon changed, as more puddle-like beings like the one which had taken Sakura appear from nowhere and surround the Masters and Servants.
"These scoundrels will never learn," Gilgamesh smirks. "GATES OF BABYLON!"
The Noble Phantasms strike the puddle-like beings. However, Gilgamesh stop smirking as the struck enemies begin to change. Soon, they take on a new shape. A shape that look exactly like Gilgamesh himself.
"A mongrel like you dare attack me, The King of Heroes?" one of the Gilgamesh copies sneers in the same way the real Gilgamesh does as it picks up the Noble Phantasm that struck it just now.
Gilgamesh is now burning with anger.
"No scoundrel imitates and insults me nor lays their filthy hands on my possessions!"
Out of sudden, several energy balls shot from nowhere and hit every Masters and Servants, except for Sakura.
"ARGH!"
"Have enough humans? Are you ready to be terminated now?"
The voice sounds exactly like Sakura's that Rider immediately looks up.
The puddle that took Sakura had taken the form of Dark Sakura, and the one that got hit by her chain had taken her form and is using her chain to tie up the real Sakura.
"You…Let her…… go this instant!" Rider charges, intending to rescue her Master, only to be kicked by her copy.
Dark Sakura then send another wave of energy balls towards them, this time pinning them to the ground with a spell.
"Hey! What's the big idea!?" Ilya screams as she struggles to break free.
Dark Sakura just gives her an evil smile. Two other puddle-like beings slide towards her, and they each change into a copy of Dark Saber and Dark Berserker.
"I sense fear among you," Dark Sakura says with a satisfied smile on her face.
"Just what the hell are you machines!" Caster shouts angrily, trying to use her Rule Breaker to set her free.
"I will admit that none of my processors foreseen the possibility that we have to fight you personally. However the conclusion is still the same. You human mages and those who fight for them will be deleted from existence." Dark Sakura smirks as Dark Saber snatches away the Rule Breaker and throws it towards the remaining enemy which had not change, thus turning it into a copy of Caster.
"You mongrel! I command you to set me free this instance!" Gilgamesh thunders.
"This mongrel has a big mouth. Let me cut his tongue off," one of the Gilgamesh copies says. "GATES OF…"
"Wait. Why don't all of you cut his tongue together?" Dark Sakura suggests to all ten copies with a grin.
"That's a punishment fit for a dirty-mouthed mongrel," another copy of Gilgamesh says as he kicks the King of Heroes.
"When I am free I will grant all of you the most painful death in the world!" Gilgamesh roars.
"Say nonsense as much as you want. The four of you terminate the rest," Dark Sakura instructs Dark Saber, Dark Berserker, Rider's copy and Caster's copy.
"FLARE!"
A red and orange energy ball formed above of Gilgamesh, and then it sends energy bolts that strike Gilgamesh's copies from all direction, blasting them apart from the King of Heroes. Everyone turn towards the direction where the spell was heard and saw a teenager dressed in a dark blue cloak, holding a white staff that resembles the one belonging to Gandalf from 'Lord of the Ring: The Two Towers'
"Dynasty?!"