Chapter 2: Emergence
Disclaimer: If you know it, I don't own it. If you don't know it, I still don't own it. The only thing I own is my own warped mind that created this.
Earth, 2018.
"Lloyd; how's the Lancelot?" a young man by the name of Suzaku Kururugi asked into his earpiece. He was currently flying a small shuttle-like aircraft over the Pacific, approaching a small flying aircraft carrier by the name of Avalon. "Ready and waiting for you, come and get it." A voice responds through the earpiece.
Aboard a massive aircraft, a turret swung around and pointed towards the rear. "General, what are you doing in that gun turret?" an officer asked in a shaky voice.
Inside the turret, a well dressed man sat holding the twin triggers, a targeting reticule in front of him. "At this rate, I'm going to be demoted. I have to do something to prove myself." He replied in a determined voice. "I'll kill the Black Knights!" Seeing an enemy machine hanging in front of him, he started laughing manically. A yellow glow emerged from the barrel, as the linear turret spat out its shell. The machine just pulled on its arm and swung around the shell, letting it hit the float unit behind it.
"You fool; you shot your own engines." The pilot of the light blue machine said. Lifting his units left arm, he unloaded a burst into the turret base. Shrapnel started to ping off the lightly armored turret, until it burst like an over-ripe melon. The general's hat emerged from the explosion of glass and composite, where it slowly fell to the water below.
"Where's Zero?" the pilot of another machine asked as it joined up with the light-blue machine.
"We can't contact him because of the ECCM effects. I want to rendezvous with Chiba and Kozuki and scout inside the ship." The first pilot said.
"But the ships going to crash. Do you think we have time for that? Tou-" he broke off mid-sentence as a blade pierced the front of his machine.
"Senba!" the first pilot said as he looked behind him. The machine that struck his friend was that of a Knight of the Round.
"I don't like picking on those that are weaker than me but…" the Knight trailed off as the machine blew apart.
The first machine started to charge to avenge his friend but was struck from the side by another machine. Purple and silver in color, it started to attack with a red sword.
Inside a dark cockpit, a person in white inserted a decorative USB drive into its slot. After a short password was entered; Z-01 LANCELOT. Marching Ever Onward To Tomorrow appeared on the screen. The cockpit started to light up to reveal Suzaku gripping the twin control sticks. "Sir Kururugi, I'm confirming the data now. The number two flight unit on Viceroy Nunnally's flagship has shut down. The number three and four float units are interlinked so a case Theta has occurred." A female controller's voice said over the radio as Suzaku's custom machine was fitted with a flight unit.
"To sum that up, we'll all be swimming in the ocean soon." Lloyd said as he looked at Suzaku on the screen. Then he winced, "Ugh, except for General Upson, who regrettably, didn't make it."
"Right now, rescuing the Viceroy takes top priority." Suzaku said as his white and gold machine started up. Sparks of color flashed through the head unit as systems were updated. "Initiating search for her wheelchair beacon. Starting ECM signal noise cleanup; Phase preset. Sending the layout of the ships interior now."
"Transmit the Viceroy's location as soon as it's known. Lancelot Conquista launching!" The machine now known as Lancelot Conquista launched out off the Avalon, and performed a tight barrel roll. Quickly it entered the battle zone, pulling out its rifle as it approached a red machine with a silver arm. Firing off a round, the green ball struck a crimson barrier of radiation put up by the red machine.
Seeing this, a blue extension unfolded and docked with the Lancelot's rifle. A massive red blast emerged from the cannon, striking the red machines arm like before. However, unlike before, the blast tore through the barrier, vaporizing the silver arm. The red machine fell off the wing of the Logres-class flagship.
After a brief pause in the battle, the red machine suddenly returned, with a new arm and flight unit. It fired a massive beam of red radiation towards a group of machines, completely engulfing them. Radiation cracked around the leader's machine, causing his glasses to crack. He managed to pull the eject lever seconds before his unit also blew up.
Aboard the Avalon; Lloyd Apslund, creator of the Lancelot Conquista, watched with amusement. "Nice one." He said as the red machine cut down the number of defenders. He continued to watch as the red machine completely out-maneuvered two machines belonging to the Knights of the Round, some of the best pilots in the Empire. He was further amazed as the red machine positioned its hand towards the two Knights and fired a wide range attack. "What's its total energy?" he asked his assistant.
"The same amount but scattered." She replied equally stunned.
In a small niche to the rear of the bridge, an Ensign was manning a radar station when a new contact appeared. Not wanting to get into trouble he called out, "Uh, Earl Apslund, a contact just appeared on the radar."
"Yes, yes. You're a little late in reporting it. The Guren already made its reappearance." He waved his hand dismissively.
"With all due respect sir, I don't think this is the Guren."
"Oh… And why is that?" Lloyd leaned in close to the radar screen, sub-consciously adjusting his glasses.
"Well for starters, it's at an altitude of about 63 miles and headed this way."
John Sheppard was the first one to jolt back into consciousness. Perhaps the reason for this was because of his link with Atlantis. Information poured into him; Stardrive: Offline; Shields: 50% and regenerating; Inertial Dampeners: Online…
Freefall. That's what he found the city in, falling down towards the surface. Projected location? He thought to Atlantis. The city-ship quickly brought it up. The landing area was the same location that they had just left. Sensors also detected what seemed like explosions from a battle. He'll have to deal with that later. Quickly he activated the thrusters, trying to shed speed. They may have been just ten miles above the atmosphere when the wormhole drive spat them out… did they even go anywhere?; but now they were caught in the gravitational pull of the Earth. Any thing the size and shape of Atlantis possessed incredible inertia. Thankfully, they had emerged with the thrusters already pointed towards the Earth, so that was one less thing to worry about. The thrusters fired, slowing the city minutely; still they fell towards Earth. The shields, now at 83% power, were more-than sufficient to land. They flared as Atlantis kissed the atmosphere, brilliant streams of superheated gasses flaring off to the sides, completely engulfing the city-ship.
Atlantis passed the fifty mile mark; John checked the projected landing area again. The battle had slowed down somewhat but there were still a few vessels in the targeted location. He quickly, mentally, opened a full-spectrum channel. "Look out below." He said. Not sure if it worked but I gave the warning at least, he thought to himself. His warning given, he fired all the thrusters again and again, trying to slow down the city-ship enough so that they would survive impact with the ocean. Well, survive was probably the wrong word to use. Maybe "avoiding being knocked out again" was better.
Lloyd looked up just as the Lancelot flew out of the crashing flagship; the Viceroy clutched in the machines hands. He had been busy watching the enigmatic contact on the long-range radar screen come closer and closer. There had been a short, static filled message that permeated every channel including the restricted military channels. One of the Avalon's radio specialists was currently trying to clear it up.
On the water, the Black Knights submarine carrier had just finished picking up its missing machines and was currently sinking beneath the waves. 'Next time Rakshata.' Lloyd thought as the submarine disappeared completely.
"Sir, I've managed to clear it up the best that I can." The radio specialist called out. "It might still be a little hard to understand but I can't get it any clearer than this." Seeing the nod on Lloyd's face, he played the message. Static ripped through the Avalon's bridge; then, a male voice, "Look out below."
'Look out below? What could that possible mean.' Lloyd though to himself. The Lancelot had just started to enter the Avalon when the vessel gave a shake. Lloyd managed to look up just in time to see a wave of fire and steam wash over the Avalon, the result of something hitting the ocean just 6 miles distant.
While the force of the impact resulted in the Avalon being pushed to the side a bit, on board the Black Knights submarine, things were a lot worse. Since water was uncompressible, the impact caused the submarine to spin out of control. Nose over rudder, the submarine spun until it stabilized at a depth of 200 meters.
"We're all gonna die!" screamed Tamaki as the ward room spun.
"SHUT UP." Almost everyone in the room yelled as they were tossed around like rag dolls. Then, just as suddenly as the spinning started, it ceased.
"What was that?" asked a red haired girl by the name of Kallen Kozuki. "Was that a new kind of depth charge?"
"I don't think so," replied a green haired girl, with golden eyes. "It felt more like an impact than an explosion."
"Well, what ever it was, it did us two favors." A random person said. "One; it will distract the Britannians from chasing us, and two; it knocked out Tamaki."
John had managed to slow Atlantis down enough that when they hit the water, he was not knocked out. This was done by firing every possible thruster at the same time just seconds before impact. The extreme heat of re-entry, combined with the final thruster blast, had caused sea water to vaporize, resulting in a massive cloud of steam that surrounded the city. He lowered the shield to save energy and disengaged his link with the city. Activating the radio in his ear, he called the control room. "Anybody awake up there?" Static filled his ear in response. "Guess not." He muttered. He tried again, this time calling the Siranui. "Anybody awake over there?" This time someone responded. "This is Colonel Yamato. Everyone seems to be okay here. What happened?" "I'm not sure." Responded John as he sat down again, not activating the link to the chair, "McKay might be able to figure it out, but no one in the control room is responding to my calls." A hologram popped up in front of him, causing him to jump a bit. It showed the outline of an aircraft hovering two kilometers away… wait hovering? John was confused. Keying his radio again, he called the Siranui. "Colonel Yamato. A unknown vessel is approaching. I need you to intercept it before it gets too close." "Hai." The BC-304 sent out an encrypted signal, causing the clamps that held it to Atlantis to disengage, activated her anti-gravity pods and lifted free.
Aboard the Avalon, it was a state of controlled chaos. The shockwave from the impact had forced a couple Knightmares into the side of the vessel, causing them to explode. Firefighters, dressed in silver heat-resistant suits, worked hard to put out the fires. Mechanics worked beside them, shutting off power in the sections that were damaged. On the bridge, the young Viceroy Nunally sat in her mobilized wheelchair, looking out the window with her closed eyes. Beside her stood Suzaku and Lloyd, both of them staring at the massive steam cloud two kilometers distant. Suddenly, out of the haze, a dark grey vessel appeared. A silence rang through the bridge, everyone stopped what they were doing and stared. There was a great contrast in shape to the Avalon, but it was not the vessel that was the cause for the silence. It was the symbol that was painted on the side. It was the Rising Sun; symbol of Japan, now Area 11.
AN: Another chapter translated from my god-awful long hand. The crossover has begun. What awaits Atlantis in the next chapter? *Grins* I'm going to have fun with it, but not Suzaku… that's all I'm giving ya.