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First Shift – Mysterious Encounter Take 2

'I wonder if Vivio's doing okay….'

It was late June, MC 0078. At this time, the children would be off on their summer vacation and in Nanoha's case; she had figured that she would be spending some quality time with her daughter. But instead, she got roped into being part of Hayate's security team for a diplomatic mission and first contact with a rising power in the interdimensional community, only known as the S.B.T.A.

Hayate seemed a bit amused at the fact that the new faction's initials are an anagram of the Bureau's initials.

That new faction seemed to spring out of nowhere. Originating from a world very far away, they began bringing other neighbouring worlds into their fold at a rather alarming pace, enough for the senior ranked officers to authorize a diplomatic mission and put Hayate Yagami in charge.

This particular world (non-administrated world #55 if memory served her right) would serve as neutral meeting ground for the TSAB and this new power. The scenery felt similar to Hotel Augusta with a main building complex surrounded by nature. The building itself was recently constructed and would later be serving as office space for a software development company.

The purpose of the meeting would be to establish a foundation for how the relationship between the powers would be defined. Topics such as territory boundaries, military treaties and trade would likely be touched upon. Hayate would also have to discuss the TSAB's mission to locate and safeguard Lost Logia. Hopefully, the S.B.T.A would understand the serious nature of those magical items.

At least Vivio wouldn't be getting into any trouble for now. She'll probably be passing the time at the Infinite Library and helping people with their research now that she has her Librarian license.

"What is that you want me to find for you?" asked Vivio as she looked at the Saint Church Butler.

"I'm ashamed to admit that I haven't made any progress on this at all," replied Otto. "I'm using my full effort to search but…"

"Hm, according to the information I heard last night, it sounds hard to narrow the search parameters."

"The poem written on the wall appears to have no corresponding text. It appears that the person who wrote it, created it from scratch. The other additional information is…

"Toredia and Ix, right?" finished Vivio.

Otto nodded. "They want us to search for information on them related to Lost Logias and weapons."

"Oh great… more dangerous stuff." Just another day in the office.

"It's a request from Officer Lanster."

Vivio perked up a bit. "From Teana-san? Why didn't you tell me that earlier? If that's the case, I would have stayed over here last night and searched all night."

"It would have been inadvisable to pull an all-nighter at your age and I believe your mothers would have had a problem if they found out about it," argued Otto.

"Teana-san is Nanoha-mama's student. And I owe her a lot too. I want to help her out!"

"Er… well…" Otto really couldn't say much at this point as the smaller Librarian got ready to work.

"Okay, Vivio Takamachi, ready to search with maximum power!"

Thinking of the Infinite Library made Nanoha wonder how Yuuno is doing with that special dig he's working on. He hasn't been in touch since leaving Bureau territory two years ago shortly after the JS Incident. She found it a bit strange since in the past, he would at least try to get in touch with her once a month or every two months. He must be seriously busy categorizing and analyzing whatever artifacts were dug up there.

"… he…me…?"

Nanoha paused for a moment, certain that she heard a weak telepathic call. 'What was that…? Why did it sound like Yuuno-kun's voice?'

"Anyone… me?"

"Yuuno-kun, is that you?!"

"Na… ha?"

That was his voice! She knew it! Why was it so weak though? Was he injured? "I'm here, Yuuno-kun!" This brought back memories of when he called out for help. And like that time before, she would answer him.

"Se… 315… please come…"

That was more than enough info for her to work with and begin investigating this situation. She quickly left a telepathic message to the closest colleague in the area. "Signum-san, I'm going over to Sector 315 to look into something. Can you watch my area for me?"

"Very well."

"Thanks!" And with that, Nanoha Takamachi was on the move.

"Lost Logia? I admit that's not a term I'm not quite familiar with," replied the sharply dressed man on one side of the table. By his side were two male assistants, similarly dressed in a business suit and tie and doing their best not to look interested at the tiny Reinforce Zwei.

"They are magical items of tremendous power in the universe," began Hayate from her side. "A legacy of the collapsed Ancient Belkan civilization and possibly, its forgotten precursors, the Lost Logia are very dangerous when they fall into the wrong hands, and that is why one of the main goals of the Time-Space Administration Bureau is to contain them, Mr. President."

The Japanese looking man leaned back in his conference chair, looking at the small vase which contained blue flowers in contemplation. "That's a worthy goal and I certainly do not wish to see these Lost Logia wreak havoc among my people. What does concern me is how we can identify and safely contain Lost Logia in our territory. I mean, it would certainly be rather inconvenient if we had to keep summoning your vessels just for a few trinkets."

"If left unchecked, those trinkets can destroy entire worlds!" piped up Reinforce Zwei.

Before the President could respond, he felt a vibration in his pocket and pulled out a small device which reminded Hayate of the mobile phones back on her original home world. "I need to take this. I'll be back shortly."

Fate's eyes darted around her area. A quick count showed that there was a total of ten Asian looking men in the area, dressed in the same fashion: black hat, sunglasses, black suit and tie and a single silver shoulder pad on the right shoulder. There was just something about them loitering around that unnerved her, even if they were official security for that other organization. It would be best to get out of here for now and move to another spot to patrol.

Of course, that plan got a bit off track as she ran straight into one of those agents who simply greeted her calmly. "Hello there, Miss Testarossa."

'They know me?' She knew that she had quite a reputation for being one of the TSAB's Aces but she hadn't expected that a member of this alien faction from so far away would know of her so she was quite surprised.

The man briefly tilted his head down to look at her waist before speaking again. "Tell me, what comes to your mind when I say 'belt'?"

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Every single fiber of her being told her to be extremely wary of the person standing in front of her.

The man paused before chuckling briefly. "Never mind then. I apologize for startling you and to make up for that… a little gift." He reached into his jacket and pulled out a single flower with blue petals.

"Thanks but no thanks." Best to get out of here for now.

Unknown to Fate however, she had been observed by a female figure on a black and golden motorcycle at least two kilometres away. "Good girl… you didn't take that weird gift from a stranger." Her eyes then drifted towards the wandering Nanoha Takamachi almost four kilometres away. "Hope things goes well with her, Yuuno-kun."

A large construction site made up the majority of territory assigned under the name Sector 315. Construction tools and vehicles lay around a large steel skeletal structure that would become another new office building or tower. As today was a rest day for the regular inhabitants of this world, the ground site was empty, save for Nanoha herself. 'This is it. Where is he…?'

She looked around on the ground but didn't see any sign of him. Was he in his ferret form?

"Up here!"

Her head turned upwards to see a waving figure hanging close to a steel column. Changing into her barrier jacket, she floated up to see a somewhat scruffier Yuuno compared to his appearance when she saw him last time two years ago. His normal green suit had been swapped for more appropriate attire for outdoor exploration and he had a silver belt on his waist which seemed to be missing a buckle. In fact, the buckle portion seemed to look like some sort of container module for something. His hair wasn't as shiny as it used to be and he had a small bit of facial stubble on his chin. A closer look also allowed her to see traces of recovering facial wounds.

"Yuuno-kun, what happened to you?!" She was horrified. What had he been up to for the last two years?!

"Nanoha, I'll tell you lat-"

She simply floated ahead before landing on the same beam that he was sitting on so she could get right in front of his face. "No, tell me what's going on now! You're scaring me!"

"Right now's not the time! The S.B.T.A's going to make their move soon! They're going to be dropping-" A beep from his side interrupted him and he briefly took out a small white flip style cell phone to check something. "They've already deployed it? Not much time then."

"What are you talking about?"

"Nanoha, trust me when I say that S.B.T.A is bad news. I need you to destroy what they're dropping on to the planet before it completes atmospheric entry and gets within range to deliver its contents to the population below."

She hesitated for a moment before drawing out her device, a small red gem. "Raising Heart."

Stand By, Ready.

It shifted into its staff form which resembled a golden spearhead set with a jewel on a pink staff. The targeting scope popped up and allowed her to track what her friend was talking about.

"It's coming in… just entering the thermosphere, about fifty thousand kilometres northwest of our current position," reported Yuuno.

Nanoha looked in the direction where he was referring to. "I see it. It's a capsule that says… Smuh-art Bru-ain?"

"You need to make sure that your spell completely envelops that capsule. None of its contents must be allowed to remain intact."

"Load cartridge." The only response from the staff was a single clunking noise. Several magic circles surrounded the spearhead as it charged with energy. "Divine Buster!"

The pink beam fired upwards from the staff, straight towards the capsule and enveloping it completely so that nothing remained of it. Raising Heart proceeded to give a final status report.

Target has been destroyed.

There was a moment of silence before Nanoha turned back to Yuuno. "Now what?"

"Now we have to get back to the meeting site since we provoked the hornet's nest. Can you give me a lift?"

Fate paused in her patrol route when she saw a pink beam of energy fly upwards into the atmosphere. She knew without a doubt that was Nanoha's magic. "Nanoha, what are you doing?"

Her instincts then went on alert and years of combat training and experience kicked in as she suddenly dodged an energy blast, sending sparks from where she had been standing earlier. 'Did talks break down already?!' As she recovered to her feet, she grabbed the small golden triangle in her pocket and called out the device's name. "Bardiche!"

Yes Sir.

As it changed shape to a black bearded axe with a revolving cylinder, Fate donned her barrier jacket which consisted of a white cape over a black coat and skirt. Her hairstyle changed into a single ponytail. "Commander, come in!"

No telepathic response from Hayate. Was she under attack as well? While she tried to figure out what was happening, she heard footsteps approaching her.

"That pink beam of energy back there came from your comrade, didn't it? It destroyed something rather important to us so we'll have to ask that you take responsibility for it with your life." It was the same voice of the man she had met earlier but instead of being clad in that black suit and tie, he was now in a black bodysuit with brown armour, a red belt and a helmet that made the wearer look like an insect. A strange looking energy pistol was held in his right hand and a strange looking pack was attached to his back.

She also noticed that there were many more armoured warriors like him, some hovering in the air to try and prevent her from escaping. Most of them wielded the same pistol weapon while some of them wielded what appeared to be a combat knife of sorts. 'So all of those men can transform?'

"Take her down!" Two of the fliers charged with their combat knives in an attempt to get a speedy strike in but Fate's reaction time was far superior and she easily knocked them back with a few swings from Bardiche.

'I need something strong enough to knock them out.' Her mind quickly came up with what she felt would be an appropriate enough spell as she weaved in and out of the energy pistol blasts from the others. Waving her free arm, she summoned eight bolts of energy shaped in an arrowhead. "Plasma Lancer!"

Plasma Lancer, Get Set.

"Fire!" The eight bolts flew together as one to strike the lead flying armoured warrior but he didn't seem heavily affected by the damage. 'So their armour is strong enough to withstand an AA-ranked spell?'

"It's gonna take a lot more than that, Missy!" With that cue, half of the flying armoured enemies had flaps of their flight backpacks open to reveal energy cannon barrels. "Open fire!"

'Che… Nanoha's bombardment spells would be really handy about now!' thought Fate to herself while staying out of harm's way by dodging or using her own Plasma Lancers to neutralize shots. Her speed was allowing her to keep ahead but the constant enemy barrage was seriously limiting her movements.

She finally felt a heavy body tackle her from above. 'The energy blasts must have obscured him from my sights!'

"I got you now!" The armoured man raised his weapon, changing it from pistol to knife form and prepared to stab down but he got blasted off by someone else's energy shot.

"Captain!" While the enemy tried to regroup, Fate heard the sounds of a motorcycle revving up and saw the black and golden machine fly by her and let loose with a colossal missile barrage to scatter the remaining enemy soldiers. Once the missiles were used up, the aerial motorbike circled around before landing in front of Fate, allowing her to get a good look at the rider.

The biker's face was obscured by the large black helmet but Fate could see long blonde locks of hair spilling out from the back. Her attire consisted of black fingerless gloves, a black sports bra, a blue denim vest, a pair of jeans and black boots. On her waist was a golden belt which had an odd looking buckle that appeared to be waiting for something to be inserted in it. A small handheld black and golden blaster was strapped to the right side of her waist.

Fate managed to catch her breath a bit before looking at her unexpected savior. "Thank you for your help but why did you save me?"

"Well, it is an older sibling's job to look after their younger ones," replied the biker cheerfully before removing her helmet.

Fate's eyes widened and she took a step backwards, seeing her own face on the biker's body looking back at her with a warm smile. "I-it can't be…"

"Eh…?! There are two Fate-chans?" The blonde Enforcer looked up to see a descending Nanoha Takamachi along with Yuuno Scrya, who didn't seem to be flying under his own power. Instead, he was being supported by the other young woman.

"Nanoha… and Yuuno? I thought he was on a dig!"

"So I guess your reunion went well with Magical Girl Psyga over there?" chirped the blonde female biker as she dismounted the bike.

"P-Psyga?" Nanoha grew a confused expression.

"Just a little inside joke. Yuuno-kun, you ready for a little clean up here?"

"Yeah. After all, taking care of them is part of the job." Yuuno's green eyes hardened as he took out a white flip style cell phone which had a purple core in the middle of the top section.

"Ooohh… have I mentioned that I get hot and sweaty when you get all manly like that?"

That broke the mood a bit. "Oi, Alicia!"

'My sister's… alive?' Fate desperately wanted to know what was going on but right now, there were more pressing priorities.

As for Alicia, she laughed heartily before pulling out her own flip style cell phone, which was predominantly black and golden with a red core in the middle of the top section. At once, both of them flipped open the phones to enter in a respective code.

3-1-5-ENTER

0-0-0-ENTER

At once, the phones reacted with a single message before emitting a strange pulsing sound.

STANDING BY.

Both Alicia and Yuuno flipped the phones down before shouting "Henshin!" out loud and placed their phones in their respective belt slots, putting them down sideways.

COMPLETE.

Blue lines surrounded Yuuno's body before his form was replaced by a white bodysuit with blue lines on it, white shoulder pads and silver chest armour which also had a large glowing purple core in the center. His helmet was similar to the chest armour in which the purple shape served as a visor of sorts and the blue lines engraved on it appeared to form the Greek letter Psi above the silver mouth guard. On his back was an advanced jetpack of sorts, complete with handling controls.

As for Alicia, her armour looked much more elaborate, like a member of royalty. The armour colour was mainly black, with golden lines scattered all over. A sarong was attached to her waist and covered the back portion of her legs while a small cape was attached to the back of the neck. The chest armour also contained a large red core in the center. As for the helmet, the top portion somewhat resembled a traditional Japanese hairstyle commonly used by oiran. On top of the silver mouth guard was a red visor which also was linked to a small circle at the top of the helmet, almost like some sort of additional sensor.

The enemy soldiers seemed to be a bit intimidated by the armoured Yuuno and Alicia. "It's them! Psyga and Orga!"

"That's right, Riotroopers!" shouted Orga as she clasped her armoured hands gleefully. "It's party time and you're the entertainment!"

To Be Continued…

Newest product of Rider bug infecting the muse. Hope you liked. If you want me to consider changing my writing priority to this instead of my Nobuna/Rider crossover, I will need lots of reviews. Otherwise, I will just write this when I feel like it.

In terms of Faiz, Kaixa and Delta, I only have one Rider canon character locked down for a Rider Gear and that's Kiba. I am uncertain if I'll be using either Takumi (Inui or Ogami) or any other Rider canon characters so it's possible that the extra Rider gears may go to Nanoha verse characters or even Original Characters. In terms of Original Characters, I am open to submissions (Rider candidates and Lucky Clover Orphnoch candidates as well) so feel free to write them down in your review.