...I like this AU, okay?

Everything and everyone was quiet. Beach City, now a sprawling metropolis, lay quiet beneath the quiet gaze of two small highschool girls.

"So...Sapph...is there a possibility that we're called in anytime soon?"

"If I knew, I would tell you. I can't see the future, Ruby."

Ruby leaned back against the water tower, her mouth in a crooked expression of neutral annoyance. "Well, work on that."

Sapphire laughed, her single blue eye sparkling, the other covered by a plain white eye patch similar to every anime character's ever. "You're a riot, Ruby." The small teenager turned to face her friend, now serious. "But, really. There is a threat-the Fae are stirring again. And we still haven't trained in the past two weeks. This is a problem, Ruby."

Ruby snorted. "As if! I'm super hard-core! There's no way I'm gonna fall to a Fae...again. Say, are they done fixing my Titan yet?" She took a couple steps forward, gripping the railing with her red-gloved hands. Sapphire raised an eyebrow, leaning back against the railing. "Yes. It is in safety procedures, however. Mine isn't quite full repaired yet."

Ruby whistled. "That's rough, buddy." Sapphire gave a wry smile. "Yes."

They both looked up at the sound of a siren rebounding throughout the city. Lights started going out, one grid at a time. By the time Ruby and Sapphire were down and a few blocks from the Water Tower, the city was engulfed in darkness. They lighted the path with everything they had-hologram watches and one rather small flashlight. It wasn't long before they were located by a red convertible. The driver was recklessly fast-and otherwise obeying all traffic laws. The car pulled over beside them. An albino woman looked out at them from the driver's side, wearing a sleeveless blue shirt and looking rather flustered.

"What on Earth are you doing? Get in, you two!"

Ruby and Sapphire hopped inside the backseat, squishing in next to a small girl with long, white hair.

"Hey, fellow gem-names."

"Hey, Amethyst, Pearl."

"Hello."

"Anything seen yet?"

"Not within sight yet. We think it's a sky-class category B."

Ruby kicked her feet up on the back of the empty passenger seat. "Category B? Easy-peasy! I could take that down single-handed!"

Sapphire blinked. "Ruby, Category A is the strongest, Category Y being the weakest."

Ruby's eyes widened abruptly.

"...Shit..."

Pearl stifled a small laugh, before her expression turned alarmed. "Er...Sapphire, your Titan is still in the first safety-check stage. It might malfunction and..."

Sapphire straightened up. "I'll be fine. No need to worry, Sir."

Pearl hit the gas, forcing everyone into the backs of their seats. "Affirmative. Sorry about this predicament-oh right! GET DOWN!"

The three teenagers in the back obediently dove into the leather floorboard as the remains of a roadblock soared over their heads, bounced off the trunk, and landed on the asphalt. "Ooh...I'm gonna have one hell of a time paying for repairs," Pearl groaned, hitting the brakes rather abruptly. Ruby, Amethyst, and Sapphire stayed in the floorboard as Pearl swiped an Admission Card and hit the gas again. Ruby actually had the courage to whisper, "Man. She's one heck of an unsafe driver," before they stopped once more.

"Okay. Get out. All three of you are needed for this operation."

Pearl came very close to forcibly kicking them out. The three extremely small girls raced for the door to what appeared to be a rather scraped-up and well-sealed storm shelter. Sapphire entered a code into the banged-up keypad, and the door slid into the wall. The three of them raced inside the poorly lit hallway. Dim green light cast shadows onto their determined faces as they raced into a large and very...cyberpunk room. Of course, 2015 cyberpunk. All of it was mildly dated, now.

"You three. Go. Now."

They darted for a heavy metal door set into a side wall. Ruby tugged on it for a moment, before a different girl, slightly older, with short and rather pointy navy blue hair swiped her card and headed inside silently.

"Thanks, Lapis..."

"No problem."

The four teenagers darted into a straight line along with a ten-year-old boy(apparently subject to human experimentation), an eleven-year-old girl(same reason), a tall twenty-year-old woman, a rather bratty teenage boy who was worryingly skinny, and a short blond teenage girl. They stood before a tall woman with spiky yellow hair and reflective glasses hiding her eyes.

"Lapis Lazuli-Offense. Ruby Crystal-Offense. Amethyst Quartz-Backup. Sapphire Corundum-defensive line. Connie Mahaeshwarren and Steven Universe-last resort. You are dismissed. All names not called stay on the sidelines of control room. All others change into uniform. Immediately."

"Yes, Sir!"

All of them followed orders immediately. In a few minutes, all but the unused Pilots were standing in front of black metal doors marked with numbers, wearing black-and-burgundy unitards seemingly made out of thick, waterproof and reflective fabric. They all had gray pads for their joints, and their names marked in distinct white letters on their backs, and the numbers of their respective Titans on their chests.

"Dispatch to Titan Units."

The row of soldiers saluted and went inside their doors after entering a short amount of codes into the keypads.

The Titans stood alone in huge, empty rooms. Each Titan was at least eighty feet tall. They were humanoid-mostly. Some had wings. Some had extra limbs. Some had spiderlike legs instead of two human ones. But they were all heavily armored, with huge fasteners propping them up. They were all hooked up to a huge generator. The small walkway in each, all crowded with workmen, lead to a seat in a pod that was sticking out the forehead of each. Each pod was filled with fairly simple controllers similar to a video game-only this was real life.

Sapphire paid no attention to this as she walked towards the pod. Everyone seemed to single her out as a pilot-she was the only one without the strict uniform. She walked in a straight line to the pod, sat down, pressed a few controls, and flipped a switch. "Titan Three is clear for entrance."

A voice spoke over the crackly speaker in the pod. "Roger that."

Sapphire barely blinked as the pod shot back and was closed into the forehead of her Titan, which was almost completely humanoid-save for the small and useless wings. (She had asked if they were functional.) It was blue and white, with two gleaming red lights for eyes.

A smooth computerized voice spoke throughout the small cockpit. "Synchronozation-99.9, 100 percent complete."

Sapphire winced slightly, grimacing as smooth metal machinery tightened around her wrists. She had never really gotten over the shock of becoming pretty much the same being as the Titan.

"Launch cycle begins in three, two, one. Cover should be taken for all non-pilot personnel."

Sapphire stared forward through the bulletproof glass window before her. As she reached above-ground, she noticed something.

"Three to Command. I have noticed a slight...issue with functionality." She could hear her comrades mumble worried remarks over the intercom.

"I Read. The issue?"

Sapphire turned her face towards the speaker. "Left leg artificial nerve connections are pinched. I am concerned about movement stability."

"You will be fine. We have backups on hand if needed for assistance in defeat of the Fae."

"...I understand, sir. I will continue with mission as planned."

"Good."

Sapphire turned her attention to piloting. She readied the electrocution blade, backing up to the small above-ground portion of Attack Force Command. She watched the offense attack the winged Fae that hovered over the city. Sapphire's eye widened as she realized that the birdlike creature was pulling back clearly extendable talons.

"Lazuli! Ruby!" Watch the talons-!" She was cut off as she heard sharp yells of pain as they dodged to the side-but not far enough. Talons speared their legs. As they collapsed into a lake, the talons drew back, ready for another attack, Sapphire jumped for it. She blocked the blows, redirecting them towards herself. She braced herself-and bit her lip as the talons went clear through the torso of her Titan.

Doesn't seem too bad, huh?

Well, they can feel the pain from the wounds and damage inflicted upon their Titans. In other words, Sapphire collapsed immediately. She could hear voices crackling over her intercom, but it didn't matter as she drifted out of consciousness.

I apologize for inconveniencing the successful rate of this mission.

Sorry about being nerdy. Anyway, get prepared for more Neon Genesis Evangelion, Attack on Titan, and Puella Magi Madoka Magica references in the future:) Mostly Evangelion and Madoka. I mean, it's going to have some symbolism and is about giant robots. I mean, how nerdy can ya get?