Alright people. New story, new developments. Same ol'me. Which means that it will be a roller coaster ride in the quality. Yeah. I know, I suck. What else is new? I just like to put to paper (in this case, digital file), the ideas that keep popping up, so don't think too much of it and just read it.
Or don't. I had initially rated this 'M', and that was for a reason. It deals with some themes that can be offensive to some people, but after talking some with others, I decided to lower the rating back to 'T, 'since, even if it's borderline pushing the rating, it doesn't contain anything graphical or limey in it. Even so, I still recommend discretion. Anyway, too much talk and no story so let's get on with the show, shall we?
This is a slightly AU story, that uses a great amount of canon facts to tie everything together, so you could say that everything in canon is valid here, except for a few details, some minor, some major.
Disclaimer: Don't own anything here.
Decisions
Chapter 1 - Mother
By Sniperk
"Carim." The sole word made the knight turn to her brother, who had just entered the room.
The look on his face was enough for her to know that whatever he had in that package he was carrying it wasn't something good. "Enter." After typing the translucent keyboard. "Schach, hold everyone that comes to visit. I believe that this will take a while."
"Understood, Knight Carim." The short haired answered, bowing in salute.
It had been already three months since the JS Incident, and it was also that the last time Verossa had come to greet his sister. "Lock the door." She said for him, as he backtracked two steps and did so.
"Remember what we talked about after the JS Incident?" He started after the blinds were shut.
"Yes. You read Uno's mind and in it was some information about Vivio's origins."
"Exactly. That information wasn't planted there as I tried to believe through these last months." He handed her the package. "Here are reports and video files that confirm it." He sat back. "Vivio is Nanoha's daughter."
"Mamaaaa." The blonde girl shouted at top of her lungs, from the edge of the training grounds, where her adoptive mother was coming back from the morning session with the forwards.
"Vivioo." The brunette waved. "Be right there."
The little girl hummed a response, even though her mother wouldn't hear it from such a distance. She holded the handrail with both hands and leaned her body back, watching curiosly as Vita typed away on various keyboards. After a few moments, the group got to them. "Good morning." She said bowing to the forwards.
"Good morning, Vivio." Subaru was the first to reply, and the others followed suit. "Are you having lunch with us?"
"No. Nanoha-mama promised Fate-mama and me that we would go shopping today." The girl beamed, while Nanoha had a wry half laugh.
"Okay. Bye then." The others turned in the direction of the main base, leaving the trio behind.
Nanoha turned to her daughter. "I'll be finish things quickly okay, Vivio. Just be a good girl and wait a little." She started to type away on her keyboard too.
Moments later, the girl jumped to her feet and dashed away from the two. "Mamaaaa!" Nanoha perked up from her windows, thinking that the girl was calling for her, only to see the other blonde kneeled with arms open to welcome the little hug that was a few feet away.
"Vita-chan." Nanoha turned to her smaller friend. "Is everything in order?" She said this as the other two approached, Vivio being carried by Fate.
"Subaru still need work on her speed, Caro needs work on her reaction response, Teana on her shields and evasion skills, and Erio need more combat experience, other than that, everything is fine."
Fate sweat-droped, looking at the little Belkan Knight. She noticed this. "What?"
"You have been spending way too much time with Nanoha." At this, she grabbed the said girl by the wrist and turned on her heels. "Let's go."
Vita stood there, watching the scene for another ten seconds before replying again. "What?"
They circled the base to the parking lot, reaching Fate's car.
"Be a good girl now, okay, Vivio?" The blonde said, as she sat the girl in the backseat and fastened her seat belt.
"Hmn." The girl beamed, hands trailing the fabric of the belt.
Fate got out of the passenger seat side, to allow Nanoha to enter and circled the car. When she seated herself she continued. "We're going to eat ice cream today, okay?"
"Yay." They shared a high five.
Fate heard the sound of someone forcefully clearing her throat, before she turned to the passenger seat and looking at the displeased look on Nanoha's face. She then turned to the little girl behind again. "Ops. Busted." She playfully put her tongue out.
"Where not going to have fun, Fate-chan. Vivio needs winter clothes. She doesn't have any, and it's getting colder and colder every day." The brunette fumed, trying her hardest not to seem pleased by the turning of events. In fact she was glad she could spend some quality time with her little girl outside the base.
"Okay, okay." Fate smiled warmly. "We'll do that."
"Good."
Fate revved the engine and geared first. "After that, we're gonna hit the town" And sped up through the parking lot.
"What a surprise. What can I do for you today, Carim?" The Commander asked when the knight appeared on the monitor.
"Good to see you too, Hayate." She greeted, smiling. "How are things around?"
"Nothing much. We've been mostly just in stand-by since the incident."
"I see." The expression of the blonde changed to a more serious one. "Is Captain Nanoha there?"
"No, today she's off shift. Although I did see her on the training grounds this morning." Hayate mused. "Why do you ask?"
"Good." The knight ignored Hayate's question. "Can you come to the Saint Church? There's a matter we need to discuss."
"Sure, okay." Hayate shifted in her seat, noticing certain uneasiness on the other countenance. "Is something the matter?"
"We'll discuss once you arrive." Carim sighed out. "It would be better if Captain Nanoha doesn't know about this meeting."
Hayate nodded, , still confused, but understanding the tone of urgency in Carim's voice. "Very well. I'll be right there." At this she cut the call.
"What could have happened?" Hayate mused. "Rein, please, can you deal with my paperwork for today?"
"Yes, Hayate-chan." The silver haired device floated from her mini-desk to Hayate's.
"If there's anything you can't handle, call Griffith-kun, or leave it for me when I come back, okay?"
"Yes."
Upon arriving at Carim's office that doubled as her guest room, Hayate noticed that the door behind her was locked by Sister Schach, and the blinds were slowly closing.
"Have a seat." Carim offered to the girl. "Tea?"
"Yes, thank you, Carim." Hayate sat there. "What was so urgent?"
"Before we start, I need to make sure of some things. Do you believe in everything Captain Nanoha has said to you over the past years?"
Hayate looked puzzled at the question. "I don't understand? What do you mean?"
Carim took a sip of her tea. "Let me rephrase it. Do you know everything about Captain Takamachi Nanoha?"
Hayate rolled the question around her head. "I wouldn't say I know everything. Everyone have things others don't know about. I think she, too, have some things I don't know about."
"Even so, would you still be her friend, despite knowing that something wasn't right?"
"I... think so. It would depend, of course." She shifted in her seat. "But generally speaking, yes. I'm one of her best friends."
Carim sighed relieved at that remark. "Good." She signaled for the others on the room to approach the table. Hayate hadn't even noticed them till that moment.
"Hello." The green haired man turned to her, waving.
"Good afternoon." The raven haired one echoed. "How are you, Hayate?"
"I'm okay, Chrono-kun." She then looked at everyone on the table. "What's this about?"
Chrono shrugged as Carim started again. "I had just asked similar questions to Admiral Chrono a few moments before you came. What we're about to tell you two is something that may change everything you know, or thought to know."
The blonde signaled to her brother, for him to start. "Towards the end of the JS Incident, I captured one of the combat cyborgs, Uno. When I scanned magically her mind, I came across a handful of information that I didn't reported officially, because to be frank, I couldn't believe it myself. I wanted to investigate this matter thoroughly before going disclosing it to you two, since it involves not only Nanoha, but three of yours major supporters in creating Riot 6." A window popped up on his side, with the image of three old persons, that the other two recognized instantly. "The three Admirals." He pulled a package from inside his inner coat pocket and fished in it. "These reports exists only on paper, since most of them were deleted from the databases." He handed the reports to them. "I believe it would be more practical to just show them to you two. Some of them you'll recognize, I believe, but let me present them in a timely fashion to prove my point."
Upon hearing undestanding sounds from the others he started. "First these three."
Field Report
Date: 07-02-68
Mission: Investigation
Local: Bureau Administrated Planet 38 - Urd
Coordinates: 10-AH-32-123-GR-NH-11-332
Objective: Locate and Analyse signal. Proceed with sealing it if it's deemed harmful.
Start: 18:00 SDT (Standard Dimensional Time)
Finish: 18:45 SDT
At eighteen hundred hours the unit was dispatched to the location. Signals were stronger near the source. While narrowing scans to the probable location of the signal the unit was attacked by unknowns. The mission control gave authorization to retaliate. The enemy units were mechanic with arachnids form, with six limbs used to movement and two bladed ones used for attack. Enemy have stealth capabilities, being able to make a surprise attack. After the first attack it seems it's unable to use it again. It has a type of field that deflected and nullified our bombardment attacks. Changed the pattern of attack to use fisical hits. It proved effective against the enemys. Total count of units. 54. The last unit was the one that injured Private Takamachi.
Seargent Vita
TSAB Ground Forces
Medical Report
Date: 07-02-68
Time: 21:12 SDT
Local: Clanagan Medical Center - Intensive Care Unit
Patient: Private Level 1 Takamachi Nanoha
Visual exam: Injuries by sharp object sustained to the back passing through the lower torso. One stab passed through her back to the chest. The other entered through the lower back but it wasn't as profound. Blood loss.
Detailed exam: Spine injury. Concussion. Severe Blood loss. Possible Cerebral Damage.
Actions Performed: Anesthetized. Transfusion. Magical healing of internal organs. Cirurgy.
Condition: Stable. Induced Comatose State.
The patient arrived via teleport at the Medical Center. Performed visual exam during the transport of her to the ICU. Heavy blood loss due to injury in her torso. Transfusion was initiated during the transport. Anesthesic administrated in the ICU. Magic Med team performed healing spells in the internal organs of the patient. Bones and external injuries treated via fisical contact.
Lieutenant Van Del Deppio
TSAB Ground Forces - Medical Unit
Medical Report
Date: 07-20-68
Time: 13:12 SDT
Local: Clanagan Medical Center - Intensive Care Unit
Patient: Private Level 1 Takamachi Nanoha
Exams performed: Blood examination, X-Ray and CT. Counterproof.
Condition: Stable. Induced Comatose State.
The condition of the patient is stable. Blood exams suggested that the patient is inseminated. Counterprooff confirmed. It's puzzling since the exams also confirm that the patient never had intercourse.
Lieutenant Van Del Deppio
TSAB Ground Forces - Medical Unit
Video Recording
Date: 07-20-68
Time: 14:03
Opening File...
Playing Vídeo...
"What?!" The man spat his coffee at the translucent monitor in front of him. "It can't be!" He waved his hand over the keyboard. "Mariel. Contact me immediatly with Lieutenant Del Deppio."
"Yes, sir."
"And while you're at it, I want everything that we know about Private Takamachi Nanoha."
"Yes, sir."
He closed the window. Few moments later, another popped up, with the information he asked for. Skimming trough it he slammed his fist against the table. "Shit. She's only 12." Another window with a waiting call appeared.
"Lieutenant Van Del Deppio reporting, sir." The man said, saluting.
"Lieutenant, are these reports on Private Takamachi for real?"
"I'm affraid so."
"How long is she?"
"Around two weeks, sir."
"She was already hospitalized?"
"No, sir."
Few moments of silence. "Be in my office at 16:00 sharp. I'll need you to explain some things."
"No problem, sir."
He hung up and called his secretary again. "I need you to get in contact with the Chief of Staff Mizetto, General Ralgo, and Advisor Fils. We need to hold an emergency meeting." The woman seemed uneasy for a moment. "If they ask for details, transfer the calls directly to me."
"Yes, sir."
End of file
Video Recording
Date: 07-20-68
Time: 16:22
Opening File...
Playing Video...
"So what are our options?" The General voice was heard after several minutes of funeral silence. Currently they were holding a meeting in his office.
"I have no idea, sir." The Lieutenant answered. Appearing to be intimidated by the military ranks of the three old folks that were in the room in that moment.
"Abortion?" The only woman in the room asked. Her tone uncharacteristically sullen.
"If we try that now, with her body the way it is, the probability of death is ninety percent."
"And after she recovers?"
"It's hard to tell. Her injuries are severe, and she'll take at least six months to be able to even feel her limbs again."
"By that time, the abortion will not be an option anymore." Fils noted.
"But if we let her bear a child, this will be a major blow on the morale for TSAB's Armed Forces. They've been here for less than three years and the number of cadets, inspired by the three of them, that joined the lines is increasing at an incredible rate." Ralgo said.
"She's just a child herself." Mizetto sighed. "What can we do then?"
"I see only two options." Fils started, after reviewing again the material that was presented to him. "The first we let her bear the child and try to raise her popularity, along with the TSAB's."
"We can't have that." Mizatto interrupted. "If we say that is okay for a child to bear another child then we'll have pubic riots from all kinds, from Child Protectors to little girls wanting to have children too." She let out a tired sigh. "No to mention that we're already under severe pressure about having pre-teens in our ranks."
"The second option will be more difficult to arrange. We let her have the child." When the woman made mention to intervene again he raised his hand. "We let her have the child, and separate them as soon as she gives birth. We'll send the kid to some far away planet, in the outskirts of the Juristiction."
"Why don't we kill the child." The General said but seemed to regret soon afterwards as the others turned to him with rather displeased looks.
"We don't kill. We save." Ralgo's voice was heard.
"This is one of the main reason's the TSAB created a magical society, and don't rely anymore on physical weapons." Fils added.
"We need to work on the details for this." The General said.
"How are we gonna make her let go of the baby?" The Lieutenant asked. "Generally mothers don't relinquish their babies just because they're asked to."
"She'll never know that she had a baby to begin with." Fils continued. "Let me get everything out right now, after we can workout the minor details, okay?" He got nodded responses from the others. "First, we have to let the bare minimum possible number of people know about this situation. We'll need to move her from the medical center to somewhere else. Lieutenant, since you are already involved, I believe we'll have to trust on your judgment here to select your team."
"But I..." He tried to start, then the advisor raised his hand for him to stop, but the Lieutenant proceeded anyway. "...I'm not an obstetrician. I'm a emergency doctor."
"Please. You can select one, then. You'll have all the support from the presents here, now let me continue." The Lieutenant nodded again. "She'll stay in comatose till the date the baby is due, or till the time it's safe for her to have a caesarean. During this time we'll input through subliminar message that she's trying hard on her rehabilitation, this way, once she wakes up, it will be like nothing happened."
"But there's post-birth exams, and since she's so young, might be complications..."
"She'll be twenty-four-seven on medical observation, for cryin' out loud. Don't interrupt me." He fumed. "...where was I? Ah, we'll make her wake up only after all the post-birth examinations are done. Happy?" He looked disdainfully at the doctor. "The next issue is her family and friends. Well, her family is from Non Administrated Planet 97. She doesn't have any relatives here on MidChilda, so the problem will be her most close friends."
"Fate T. Harlaown, Yagami Hayate and the Wolkenritter." The General input.
"Add to them Admiral Leti, Admiral Lindy, Officer Cadet Amy and Yuuno Scrya." Mizetto added. "How will we be able to make her unavailable to all of them during all this time?"
"Let's start with Private Fate. She's schedulled to retake her Enforcer exams next week, if I'm not mistaken."
The General summoned a screen, and after hitting a few keys he confirmed. "Yes. She failed her exams, and normally, someone would need to wait six months to retake them, but apparently, she got some help and will be able to retake the exam on short notice."
"She'll pass this exam." The advisor adjusted his glasses.
"We can't be sure of..."
"You didn't understand." Gazing as though he could pierce metal with it. "She'll pass this exam." He enphasized. "She'll become an enforcer and'll be sent immediatly to a long, long training mission."
Since no one seemed to add anything he continued. "Moving on. Yagami Hayate and her unit." He looked around to his two older companions.
"I think we need to make a trip around the TSAB's monitored planets to make sure everything is well, personally." Ralgo said.
"And for that..." Mizetto picked up. "...we'll need strong bodyguards. I don't see anyone more suitable than Yagami Hayate's unit."
"As for the others, we'll set up a visiting schedule, but will make it look like Private Takamachi doesn't want them around, so they can only look at her behind some screen. Of course, the images will be compositions, most of the time." Fils continued.
"The real problem will be the librarian." The General added. "He's good at hunting information, and has a quick eye for things like fakes and such."
"We'll flood him with requests for investigations and on scene excavations." The advisor took off his glasses and pinched the bridge of his nose. "The important thing is that this information is to die with us. Lieutenant, erase all information pertinent to the pregnancy from the records. Prepare her to be transported tomorrow morning. She'll receive the best recovery grounds we can find in all TSAB's jurisdiction."
End of File.
Medical Report
Date: 01-07-69
Time: 08:00 SDT
Local: Special Rehabilitation Unit (Undisclosed)
Patient: Undisclosed
Condition: Stable. Induced Comatose State. Rehabilitation through mechanical means progressing as normal.
Counterproff of DNA exams confirm that the baby don't carry any genetic material similar with the mother. Suspicion of insemination during sustained injury to the lower torso.
Lieutenant Van Del Deppio
TSAB Ground Forces - Special Unit
Medical Report
Date: 02-04-69
Time: 07:24 SDT
Local: Special Rehabilitation Unit (Undisclosed)
Patient: Undisclosed
Condition: Stable. Induced Comatose State. Rehabilitation through mechanical means progressing as normal. In-Depth subliminal message progressing as normal. Labor.
Patient entered labor at two-twenty-one. Preparations for a Ceasarian started. Vital signs from both mother and child all green.
Update: Time: 08:01 SDT
Baby girl born. Mother and child signals green.
Lieutenant Van Del Deppio
TSAB Ground Forces - Special Unit
Field Report
Date: 02-04-69
Time: 09:32 SDT
Mission: Escort
Local: Undisclosed
Coordinates: Undisclosed
Objective: Transport a newborn baby to the Saint Church Orphanage.
Received the newborn at nine-thirthy. Identity of the baby girl is unknown. Born from a mother that had brain death. No relatives were found. Transportation started at nine-thirthy-five.
Seargent Sarah Ballak
TSAB Ground Forces
Field Report
Date: 02-04-69
Time: 12:56 SDT
Mission: Investigation
Local: Administered Planet 23 - Lopes
Coordinates: 34-HU-76-943-HT-DE-454-212
Objective: Locate Seargent Ballak's Unit
Located the remains of Seargent Ballak's unit at thirteen hundred hours. Wreckage and scene preliminary investigation suggests ambush. Located Seargent Ballak's body at thirteen-ten. About seventy-percent of her head was cut clean. Other integrants of the unit found with similar wounds, by sharp object. No one remained alive. No signal of the cargo was found.
Ensign Huiash
TSAB Navy - Rescue Unit
Field Report
Date: 03-03-69
Time: 13:01 SDT
Mission: Escort
Local: Administered Planet 23 - Lopes
Coordinates: 37-HU-88-943-HT-DE-441-200
Objective: Escort Private Takamachi Nanoha from rehabilitation facility on Lopes to the one on MidChilda.
Transport started at thirteen hundred hours. Escorts accompanying the patient include Doctor Shamal, Seargent Vita, Master Seargent Signum and Enforcer Fate T. Harlaown. Private Takamachi was concious through the better part of the preparations to the transport but as of the moment of writing is asleep. Vitals deemed normal as stated by Doctor Shamal. Nothing out of ordinary.
Update: Time: 19:23 SDT
Arrival at Clanagan Medical Center - Rehabilitation Unit at eightteen-forty hours. Transportation completed.
Lt. Yagami Hayate
TSAB Ground Forces
Recording
Date: 03-03-69
Time: 08:00
Opening file...
Playing Vídeo...
"How are gonna investigate this matter without revealing too much?" The man asked the other three in the monitors.
"We won't." The Advisor said evenly. "According to the reports, she doesn't have any genetic connection with the baby, she isn't aware of it either. We'll just transport her back to the rehabilitation unit and act as normal. Even if someone try to use the baby as a means to act against us, they'll have no proof."
"But suspicions would arise about the matter, since no one has officially seen her in all this time."
"She'll testify against it, and her friends will support her. We'll simply use their bond for this."
"But what about the ones that are already know the truth? Lieutenant Del Deppio and his team?"
"We'll deal with him." He took a deep breath. "One way or another."
End of file.
Field Report
Date: 04-06-69
Time: 22:03 SDT
Mission: Arrest
Local: Administered Planet 23 - Lopes
Coordinates: 37-HU-88-943-HT-DE-441-200
Objective: Arrest a unit of rebels that took over one of the TSAB facilities. Deemed dangerous. Authorization for use lethal weaponry conceded.
Arrival at the facility at twenty-two hundred hours. Strike team entered the front door. Tactical team entered through the ventilation system. Targets resisted prison. Used lethal weaponry to subdue targets. At twenty-two-fifteen, targets were silenced. No survivors.
Cl. Mark Claus
TSAB Air Forces - Special Squad
Hayate was speechless. Chrono wasn't faring much better.
"Now, after investigating the matter, I came across one of Del Deppio relatives. She wasn't about to share any information with me, but after some time she called me. She had received most of these from Del Deppio himself. He was sure that his life wasn't exactly safe, so he collected this data, but thankfully, the woman followed his instructions and never opened the envelope."
Several minutes passed, with Hayate going again through the reports and Chrono with arms crossed, both trying to digest the information that had being just thrown at them.
Carim was the one to break the silence. "Now, with that information, do you still believe in your friend?"
A/N: Not much to say, just that this will be updated whenever. Reviews, please. It's the green link right below. *-*