Infinite Chaos

L.T: Sorry it's taken so long to get writing again, but I have no inspiration… until I started re-watching Infinite Stratos a second time! THAT SHOW RULES! EEEEE! Eh-hem… sorry, fan girl moment. Anyway, on with the new story! JA NE!

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Infinite Stratos. A mobile weapons platform, powered by an IS core. Only females can pilot these incredible machines, with one exception. Ichika Orimura is the only male in the entire world capable of controlling an IS unit. He attended the IS Academy, and along the way, reawakened old friendships and began new ones. Houki Shinonono, his childhood friend. Rin, a Chinese girl whose family owned his favourite eatery. Cecilia Alcott, scion of the wealthy and powerful Alcott family of England. Charles Dunois, later Charlotte, illegitimate daughter of the Dunois Company CEO. And Laura Bodewig, former German army officer and modified super-soldier. Each of these girls met Ichika, and found in him the true, pure spirit of humanity. The IS Academy was destroyed when Tabane Shinonono, creator of the IS, lost control of the 'rogue IS units', causing all but six of the 467 weapons to break free of their pilots and begin wiping out targets around the globe. Only Ichika and his friends have formed bonds of steel with their machine-spirits, and are the world's last hope of survival…

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AMERICA, LONG ISLAND. STATUS: UNDER ATTACK.

"Sir! We can't hold the rogue unit! We need backup, we need-aaaargh!"

"Dammit, Walker! Give us jes' a little more time!" General Harper Lee roared into his radio. Sounds of gunfire and cannons spat and hissed in the static. Long Island was under attack by Rogue IS No. 17, 'Golden Heart'. It had been designed as a demolitions-type unit, and was outfitted with shock claws, three long, electrified talons protruding from the back of its left arm, and a single shoulder-mounted experimental MAC cannon, which was currently laying waste to the troops stationed there. The comms squawked into life again. "Chief, Walker's down, and we can't even scratch that thing's paint! We're royally fu- wait, incoming bogies at six o'clock!"

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"Charlotte! Hit it!" Ichika snapped, mind already analysing the enemy.

"Oui!" the French girl started cracking off bullets from her primary Equalizer, Vent. The 55. CAL rifle spat bolts at sonic speeds, striking the Golden Heart in a hail of ordnance. Golden Heart turned, and fired its MAC, sending a searing ball of greenish-white energy at the gunner, forcing her to evade and lose her aim.

Laura's Schwarzer Regen took up a firing position on the roof of a blasted church, anchoring firmly and locking on with her railgun. "I am ready, my wife!"

Ichika smirked at the name, and signalled affirmative. "Fire, Laura! Hit it hard!"

"Jahwol!" Laura's railgun cracked like thunder, launching a solid slug at the Golden Heart. It struck a leg, buckling the armour and nearly ripping it off. Golden Heart replied in kind, the Mass Accelerator Cannon slamming into the wall just above the Scwharzer Regen, bringing it down on Laura, trapping her.

Houki and Rin began trying close quarters combat, but Heart ripped through the Shenlong's plates like a hot sword through silk, but losing the other hand at the wrist as Houki struck true. Golden Heart ignored the blow, blasting Houki with the cannon at point-blank range. Houki slammed back, and the enemy IS continued stalking towards the wrecked army outpost.

Ichika stood between the town and the weapon, Yukihira out and glowing blue. Cecilia hovered behind Heart, aiming her Blue Pierce at the panel shielding the core. Ichika raised his sword and pointed at Heart. Cecilia fired four times, the bolts hammering into the armour, bending it badly. Charlotte Equalised with her Gray Scale shield pierce, dashing in and punching the ruined plate repeatedly, causing even more damage. The Golden Heart staggered, before stabbing into the left leg of Rafale-Revive, then punching the orange unit backwards, blasting Charlotte over and out of the fight.

"CHAR!" Ichika howled, and Cecilia fired her Blue Tears' missiles, hurling the Heart over onto the ground, before pinning it down with fire from her optical drones. Struggling, the Golden Heart rolled over, firing blast after blast at Cecilia, knocking her smoking form the air.

Ichika's friends were all out, groaning or trying to rise. As he saw how much damage the Heart had done to an innocent little hamlet, he felt his gorge rise. A child's teddy bear, a broken rifle, torn clothes… "REIRAKU… BYAKUYA!" The haze of energy burnt around him, and Ichika skated forwards, slashing from left-low to right-high as he passed the Golden heart. The Heart stopped, shuddered, and came apart in two pieces, the exposed core sparking wildly, as if terrified. Ichika stood over it, raised an immense hoof, and stamped down, hard.

"Urgh, zat vos an absolute disgrace!" Laura complained, as Ichika helped her from under the toppled wall. "Yeah… stupid Tabane…" Houki grumbled, leaning against Rin and supporting the slight Chinese. Cecilia tottered from a derelict house, her hair mussed. "Ichika, dear, are you alright?" Charlotte stood warily, her IS limping, and replied, "Tres bien, Ichika, that was magnifique!" Ichika selected a comms channel, and spoke. "Chifuyu- yes, ma'am… we've taken out Golden Heart, No. 17. We need extraction, please, Miss Orimura? Ok, one hour. Thanks."

Turning to the battered group, he said, "OK, everyone, let's break out the toolkits and start patching up!" "Hai/d'accord/Jahwol/of course!" the group set their damaged suits in the village square and started patching the worst wounds in the ISs armour. A squad of Americans, led by a young corporal with curly brown hair, approached, saluting. "CPL. Paydon Floodwaters, you guys showed just in time to pull our asses outta the fire, we owe ya one!"

Ichika nodded, and went back to soldering a split sheet of metal. "It was nothing much…" he flushed, and Charlotte helped him disengage the Byakushiki. As the last of the repairs were completed, Ichika yawned… it had been a long day…